Retail giant Costco wins dismissal of prawn lawsuit over ...

"A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that retailer Costco Wholesale Corp. had knowingly sold frozen prawns, the farming of which involved forced labour in Thailand."

"Judge Jeffrey White ruled that the plaintiffs failed to establish that the world's second largest retail chain was bound to inform customers that modern-day slavery could be part of its supply chain."

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'It is overwhelmingly the case that fish exports from Thailand involve trafficked labour' – video | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

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We caught up with professor John Ruggie, at a recent global supply chains summit, to discuss slavery, supply chains and governance failures. During his time at the UN Ruggie founded the guiding principles on business and human rights, which continue to influence campaigners, policymakers and business leaders today. 

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Trafficked into slavery on Thai trawlers to catch food for prawns | Global-development | The Guardian

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Kate Hodal and Chris Kelly
Tuesday 10 June 2014 07.05 EDT

There is nothing but a jagged line of splinters where Myint Thein’s teeth once stood – a painful reminder, he says, of the day he was beaten and sold on to a Thai fishing boat.

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