I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns abuses in China’s seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and a supplier in your supply chain - Rongcheng Puchen.

We have evidence of squid catch from a Zhoushan Ningtai Ocean Fisheries vessel that engaged in unregulated fishing activity - the Ning Tai 58 - at Rongcheng Puchen’s processing plant.

Another 14 vessels owned by Zhoushan Ningtai are linked to a range of environmental and human rights issues including forced labor, AIS spoofing, shark finning, and una…

We emailed Toppits on July 13, 2023, regarding our latest investigation which concerns abuses in China’s seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and a supplier in your supply chain - Rongcheng Puchen.

We have evidence of squid catch from a Zhoushan Ningtai Ocean Fisheries vessel that engaged in unregulated fishing activity - the Ning Tai 58 - at Rongcheng Puchen’s processing plant in 2022. Another 14 vessels owned by Zhoushan Ningtai are linked to a range of environmental and human rights issues including forced labor, AIS spoofing,…

We last emailed Toppits in September 2023 regarding our investigation into the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industries. Our ongoing investigation into the use of forced labor in Chinese seafood processing has uncovered evidence which we wanted 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 returne…