CNN Video on Alleged Worker Abuse

CNN’s Zain Verjee on the Solidarity Center’s 3-year labor investigation report suggesting Thai and Bangladeshi shrimp often come from factories that abuse workers. Includes Thai police video footage of raid on shrimp processing plant and interviews with Solidarity Center director, U.S. State Department rep, and Thai and Bangladeshi ambassadors. Time: 3min 44sec. (photo from Solidarity Center)

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“If a consumer is worried about buying a can of tuna based on whether dolphins might be harmed in catching tuna, surely consumers will be concerned about the shrimp that they buy based on whether human beings are being enslaved.”

- Ambassador Mark Lagon, Dir. of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State