World's largest tuna company linked to slavery, environmental crimes

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Thailand: World's largest tuna company linked to slavery, environmental crimes
By Graham Land

BANGKOK: -- Environmentally destructive, unregulated and guilty of shocking human rights abuses, the tuna industry is a dirty business. The biggest tuna company in the world, Thai Union Group, has become a target of a global campaign by environmental activist organization, Greenpeace, in the hope that exposure and pressure will result in some positive changes from the Thailand-based seafood firm.

Thai Union Group has processing plants in Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa and the United States. It encompasses several leading seafood companies under its brand umbrella, including Chicken of the Sea (USA); John West (UK) Petit Navire and Parmentier (France); Mareblu (Italy); as well as top Thai brands Sealect, Fisho and Bellotta.

Greenpeace has already had success pressuring companies in Australia and the UK to clean up their tuna supply chains and wants the world’s largest tuna firm to improve behavior in terms of overfishing, labor abuse, impact on local communities, destructive fishing practices, and using “transshipping” to hide illegal fishing practices.

Full story: http://asiancorrespondent.com/136208/thailand-worlds-largest-tuna-company-linked-to-slavery-environmental-crimes/

-- ASIAN CORRESPONDENT 2015-10-20

[canopus1969]

Errr I thought our number one General had all this sorted out

[worgeordie]

Someone is looking to get sued,spreading information that is

detrimental to companies in Thailand,even if 100% true,can

land you in a Thai court.sad to say.

regards Worgeordie

[sawadee1947]

not surprising....only business as usual....call it THAINESS

[halloween]

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime." - Honore de Balzac

[MobileContent]

Was in Germany two weeks ago and was surprised that many supermarkets and even discounters have now a No Shrimps for sell policy due to slavery and environmental issues. I think even if the EU does not follow up on the ban, many businesses have already implemented their own policy.

[cooked]

The overfishing and destructive fishing practices is almost worse than slavery as Tuna in some places Tuna is disappearing.

[Prbkk]

TV Monde did a documentary about this company a number of months ago. Not flattering.

[Prbkk]

Not that the competition is much better, if at all

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/toxic-tuna-daily-telegraph-investigation-reveals-the-smelly-and-messy-conditions-at-thai-tuna-factories-linked-to-poisoned-fish/story-fnpn0zn5-1227255781943?sv=3a9e7c364b2ebfef1387b413a22c1ea5

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