I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain.
Your supplier, Dalian Rich Enterprise Group, signed a distribution agreement in 2022 with a Chinese conglomerate (Xinjiang Tianyun Organic Agriculture) known to have participated in a Chinese government program described by the U.S. government as an indicator of forced labor.
The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the…
We previously emailed Aqua Star on May 23, 2023, regarding our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry. Our ongoing investigation has made further findings which we want to bring to your attention. We have investigators on the ground in China who have been engaging with labor brokers directly involved with the transfer of North Korean workers to factories in China. Through this and other investigative means, including collecting online footage from the plants and interviews with workers recently returned to North Korea from China, we’ve found large num…
We haven’t heard back from you on this and wanted to see if you had any response at this time. To clarify, we are referring to a collection of plants at or near this location: Name: Dalian Haiqing Food (大连海青水产有限公司) Address: Floor 1-3, No. 9, Section 2, Jianshe Street, Zhuanghe City, Dalian, Liaoning Province (辽宁省 大连庄河市新华街道小寺委建设大街二段9号1-3层) We are aware that Dalian Haiqing Food has several plants under its umbrella at this general location.