I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in such practices and your supply chain. Frigorifics Ferrer S.A.’s supplier Shandong Haidu has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program. The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim…

We contacted you on July 4, 2023, regarding our ongoing investigation into China’s squid fishing and seafood processing industry. We’re emailing you now to bring additional findings to your attention, as they relate to your supply chain.

According to trade records seen by The Outlaw Ocean Project, Frigorifics Ferrer was the consignee for multiple shipments of seafood from Donggang Jinhui since December 2019. We have uncovered evidence that Donggang Jinhui has used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers required under United N…