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The Guardian recently revealed shocking results from a six-month investigation of the Thai fishing industry: Much of the shrimp sold in American and British supermarkets were produced with slave labor.

 

While shrimp sold to U.S. consumers hail from a number of different countries, including our own, Thailand is the world's biggest shrimp supplier. Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods, the corporation at the heart of this story, is Thailand's largest shrimp farmer.

 

You may think slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. But it's still around.

 

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