Posted on 04/21/2015 1:00:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
In its first report on trafficking around the world, the U.S. criticized Thailand as a hub for labor abuse. Yet 14 years later, seafood caught by slaves on Thai boats is still slipping into the supply chains of major American stores and supermarkets.
The U.S. has not enforced a law banning the import of goods made with forced labor since 2000 because of significant loopholes, The Associated Press has found. It has also spared Thailand from sanctions slapped on other countries with weak records in human trafficking because of a complex political relationship that includes cooperation against terrorism.
The question of how to deal with Thailand and labor abuse will come up at a congressional hearing Wednesday, in light of an AP investigation that found hundreds of men beaten, starved, forced to work with little or no pay and even held in a cage on the remote island village of Benjina. While officials at federal agencies would not directly answer why the law and sanctions are not applied, they pointed out that the U.S. State Department last year blacklisted Thailand as among the worst offenders in its report on trafficking in people worldwide. …
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We’ve been buying only local sea food for years. Healthier too.
O-bah-MAH! O-bah-MAH! O-bah-MAH! O-bah-MAH!
soetoro the slaver....
The enemy islamist inside him.
Muslims enslaving non-muslims is just what they do.
Was this OK'd while The 'Beast was at the State Dept and did Bubba get a big fat speaking engagement in Thailand, or perhaps he took his fee in "trade"?
As I recall, Pelosi’s home district has a major fish company. I wonder if she pulled some strings.
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