In Thailand, they are called the ghost ships.
There are no ghosts. Instead, there are human beings. The marginalized. The poor. The migrant worker…trafficked and enslaved, forced to work on these unregistered ships, so shrimp can be sold to you cheaply. Slave laborers harvest “trash fish” — the fishmeal fed to farm raised shrimp.
CP Foods (Charoen Pokphand) is the world’s largest supplier and offender. They report that over 3 billion people a year globally consume their products. From UK, to Europe to US — in your friendly supermarket, and the largest of the big guys: Costco, Carrefour and Walmart (that’s Woolco in Canada, Walmex in Mexico, Bompreco in Brazil, Asda in the UK), are buying from CP Foods and selling you a forkful of misery in every bite of Thai shrimp…at low, low prices!
Project Issara, founded by Anti-Slavery International, works to eliminate slavery within export-oriented industries in Thailand. The project seeks to push brands to stop buying slavery-made products, and to leverage their power to eliminate slavery within global supply chains. Plausible deniability of Thailand’s deep-sea forced labor is no longer an easy defense for importers. But the practice, and world-wide profiting is still very much a reality.
How can you help? My dear friends…it’s so easy.
Don’t eat the misery…put down your fork and stand up. Stop buying Thai shrimp. Shut your wallet. Feel the power. Use your power! Sign the petition:
Sign the petition at SumofUs
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