Labor slavery in Thailand: who cleans for us shrimp

• Labor slavery in Thailand: who cleans for us shrimp

Migrant workers from poor countries, including children, are often caught in the factory for cleaning seafood in Thailand, where they have to work 16 hours a day for next to nothing. Subsequently, these shrimp are on the shelves of large retail chains in Europe and the US, and hence on our tables. Recently, employees of the Department of Special Investigations of Thailand was committed raid on the factory Gig Peeling Factory, where 100 workers from Myanmar were found caught in the labor slavery.

Workers sort the shrimp market in Mahachai.

A young worker and women waiting to register authorized persons during a raid on a factory cleaning shrimp in Samut Sakhon Province. Residents of the poorest countries in the world, such as Myanmar, come in Samut Sakhon province, to work on cleaning seafood companies, and get into the labor slavery.

The workers from Myanmar sit on the floor, while workers in Thailand Department of Special Investigation searched the room for cleaning shrimp factory during a raid in Samut Sakhon Province.

, who arrived from Myanmar factory worker to clean the shrimp and his wife are in jail cell after arrest.

The employees of the Department of Special Investigations of Thailand detained a man who tried to escape during the raid.

Thai soldiers searched the room in which the workers live, during a raid on a factory cleaning shrimp in Samut Sakhon Province.

Shrimp on the cutting table.

Thai soldier stands among the cutting tables in the factory for cleaning shrimp. One of the workers said that working for eight years at the factory.

Thai soldiers and employees of the Department of Special Investigations of Thailand awake working during a raid on a factory cleaning shrimp.

24-year-old woman who worked in a factory, even during pregnancy, said that the owner made her clean the shrimp even after she suffered a miscarriage, four days and did not stop the bleeding.

25-year-old Win Win Than, who worked at the factory to pay off debt, and has not stopped working during pregnancy. She tried to escape, but it was captured and locked in a small room at the factory.

According to the 20-year-old factory worker named Co Leigh, he could not escape, because the employer took away his documents. One young man took the police because he had stolen in a factory and ate six shrimp.

Workers sort the shrimp on the seafood market in Mahachai. Shrimp - one of the most popular seafood in the United States.

Work carries a basket with shrimp on the seafood market in Mahachai. About half of all US shrimp Thailand sells.

Worker unloads shrimp seafood market in Mahachai.

The workers carry boxes of frozen shrimp at the seafood market in Mahachai.

The pond for shrimp farm in Mahachai. When about 30 years ago, Asian farmers have started to breed shrimp, Thailand quickly taken a leading position in this market.