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Nestle confirms labor abuse among its Thai seafood suppliers

Impoverished migrant workers in Thailand are sold or lured by false promises and forced to catch and process fish that ends up in global food giant Nestle SA's...

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Thai poultry producers accused of labor abuses

BANGKOK (AP) -- Poultry exported to Europe from factories in Thailand is sometimes prepared in conditions that violate labor rights, two Scandinavian groups promoting corporate responsibility charged...

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Can Thailand’s Seafood King Get Off the Hook?

When Thai Union Group agreed to buy the Bumble Bee tuna brand from private equity fund Lion Capital for $1.5 billion in December 2014, the company appeared to be on the brink of achieving Chief...

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Abuses surge in Mexico's migrant crackdown: NGOs

Human rights violations against migrants in Mexico have surged since the government launched an operation last year to curb illegal crossings at the country's southern border, non-governmental...

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Progress on Combating Human Trafficking in Thailand (Ministry of Foreign...

(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand) Following a number of news reports in the media outlets concerning the alleged labour abuse and exploitative practices in several...

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Nestle confirms labor abuse in Thai seafood suppliers

WASHINGTON — Impoverished migrant workers in Thailand are sold or lured by false promises and forced to catch and process fish that ends up in global food giant Nestle SA’s supply chains. ......

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Corporate researchers allege labour abuse at Thai factories exporting poultry...

Poultry exported to Europe from factories in Thailand is sometimes prepared in conditions that violate labour rights, two Scandinavian groups promoting corporate responsibility charged Thursday. The...

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These Lawyers Want You to Know Slaves May Be Feeding Your Cat

“This item may be the product of slave labor.” Those jarring words could end up on candy bar wrappers, packages of frozen shrimp and even cans of cat food if some California lawyers get their way....

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Corporate researchers allege labour abuse at Thai factories exporting poultry...

BANGKOK - Two Scandinavian groups promoting corporate responsibility say poultry exported to Europe from factories in Thailand is sometimes prepared in conditions that violate labour rights. The claim...

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Deteriorating situation for migrant workers in the Middle East

A bomb explodes. Glass shatters. Plumes of smoke choke the air. A few heartbeats of dead silence until a cacophony of sirens and screams rip through the Beirut neighbourhood. Imagine you are a domestic...

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AP report on slave-peeled shrimp spurs calls for boycott

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. officials and human rights activists called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to...

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Migrants, children enslaved as shrimp processors

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand - Poor migrant workers and children are being sold to factories in Thailand and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global supply chains, including those of Wal-Mart and Red...

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Are slaves peeling your shrimp? Here's what you need to know

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — An Associated Press investigation found enslaved migrant workers and children ripping the heads, tails, shells and guts off shrimp at processing factories in Thailand. AP...

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Thai Union (TUFRF) shrimp slavery scandal sends shockwaves through grocery,...

NEW YORK - U.S. officials and human rights activists called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work...

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Are slaves peeling my shrimp? Here's what you need to know

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) — An Associated Press investigation found enslaved migrant workers and children ripping the heads, tails, shells and guts off shrimp at processing factories in Thailand. AP...

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AP: Shrimp processed by slaves sold in major U.S. stores

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand (AP) -- An Associated Press investigation found enslaved migrant workers and children ripping the heads, tails, shells and guts off shrimp at processing factories in Thailand. AP...

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Shrimp sold by global supermarkets is peeled by slave labourers in Thailand

An investigation follows the trail of shrimp prepared by captive workers in squalid factories into the supply chain for food outlets in the US, Asia and Europe...

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Leading Thai seafood boss: AP shrimp probe 'wake-up call'

BANGKOK (AP) — The president of one of the world's biggest seafood exporters expressed frustration and promised change Wednesday after saying an Associated Press investigation that linked slave-peeled...

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Thai Shrimp Peeled by Slaves Taints Global Markets

Associated Press SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND — Every morning at 2, they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get beaten. For the next 16 hours, No. 31 and his wife stood in the factory that...

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AP: Shrimp peeled by slaves ends up in global supermarkets including Wal-Mart

EDITOR'S NOTE: More than 2,000 trapped fishermen have been freed this year as a result of an ongoing Associated Press investigative series into slavery in the Thai seafood industry. The reports also...

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