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August 20, 2015

Lawsuit Accuses Costco of Selling Shrimp Harvested by Slave Labor 
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In California, law firms have filed a class action lawsuit against
Costco and its Thai seafood supplier, arguing that the company has
knowingly sold shrimp whose harvesting relies on rampant human
trafficking and forced labor. Men who have escaped from boats in this
supply chain have testified to beatings, torture, execution-style
killings and grueling 20-hour shifts. The suit seeks to block Costco
from selling these shrimp unless they are labeled as the produce of
slavery.

 

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