The Guardian conducted a 6-month investigation into the supply chain that harvests shrimp (prawns) from offshore Thailand and delivers them to major food retailers globally. What they found is highly disturbing evidence of human trafficking, slavery, torture and murder at the hand of Thai fishing boat captains, brokers and police.
Consider this video the next time you purchase frozen shrimp from the supermarket:
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