Truly horrific horrific slavery on Thai shrimp ships. Thai shrimp IS havested by slaves

I heard the investigative reporter who wrote this story on CBC Radio As It Happens. Truly horrible conditions. Men are kept in a state of terror. One dissent slave was reportedly torn limb from limb by four ships pulling him apart.

Reporter cites Walmart and COSCO as two US companies that buy shrimp from Thai slave owners.

The UN and many countries have known for years the conditions on these ships. The US is now contemplating blacklisting Thailand.

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"I thought I was going to die," said Vuthy, a former monk from Cambodia who was sold from captain to captain. "They kept me chained up, they didn't care about me or give me any food … They sold us like animals, but we are not animals – we are human beings."

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Men who have managed to escape from boats supplying CP Foods and other companies like it told the Guardian of horrific conditions, including 20-hour shifts, regular beatings, torture and execution-style killings. Some were at sea for years; some were regularly offered methamphetamines to keep them going. Some had seen fellow slaves murdered in front of them.






http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/10/supermarket-prawns-thailand-produced-slave-labour