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 Travel › Re: African Woman Cries At Dubai Airport because of Racial Profiling. (video) by Cousin9999: 4:26pm On Oct 02, 2024 |
| Crime › Re: UK: Mcdonald’s And Supermarkets Failed To Spot Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:08am On Oct 02, 2024 |
Speciality Flatbreads’ director Andrew Charalambous did not respond to written requests for comment, but in a phone call from the BBC said he had supported the police and prosecution, adding that the company had been “thoroughly audited by top law firms” and “everything we were doing was legal”. He added: “From our perspective we didn’t break the law in any way, having said that, yes, maybe you’re right in that maybe there were certain telltale signs or things like that, but that would have been for the HR department who were dealing with it on the front line.” The Modern Slavery Act requires larger companies - including McDonald’s and the supermarkets, but not the factory - to publish annual statements outlining what they will do to tackle the issue. Former Prime Minister Baroness Theresa May, who introduced the act as home secretary in 2015, accepted the law failed to protect victims in this case, and believes it needs to be “beefed up”. The former PM - who now leads the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking - said the case was “frankly shocking” and shows “large companies not properly looking into their supply chains”. She said the global commission was reviewing what new laws are needed “to ensure action is being taken by companies”. Responding to the case, the government said it would “set out next steps on the issue of modern slavery in due course”. It said it was “committed to tackling all forms of modern slavery” and would “pursue gangs and employers with every lever at our disposal while ensuring that victims are provided with the support they need”. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2kdg84zj4wo 1 Like 1 Share |
| Crime › Re: UK: Mcdonald’s And Supermarkets Failed To Spot Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:05am On Oct 02, 2024 |
Like most McDonald’s, the Caxton outlet - on the A428 - is a franchise, which means an independent business pays the fast-food giant to allow it to run the restaurant. While victims worked there between 2015 and 2019, it was run by two different franchise-holders. We contacted both, but they did not respond. McDonald’s UK declined our offer of an interview, but provided a statement on behalf of the corporation and its franchisees. It said the current franchisee - Ahmet Mustafa - had only been “exposed to the full depth of these horrific, complex and sophisticated crimes” in the course of his co-operating with police and the prosecution. The company said it cares “deeply” about all employees and promised that - working with franchisees - it would “play our part alongside government, NGOs [Non-governmental organisations] and wider society to help combat the evils of modern slavery”. It also said it commissioned an independent review in October 2023 and had taken action to improve its ability to “detect and deter potential risks, such as: shared bank accounts, excessive working hours, and reviewing the use of interpreters in interviews”. The bakery company - Speciality Flatbread Ltd - ceased trading and went into administration in 2022. None of the supermarkets detected the slavery while victims worked at the factory between 2012 and 2019. Dame Sara said she would have expected the retailers to be doing “pretty thorough due diligence”, adding that they normally “take much greater care about their own brand products because that’s their reputation that’s on the line”. Sainsbury’s said it stopped using the company as an own-brand supplier in 2016. The others only stopped sometime after police rescued the victims in 2019. Asda told the BBC it was “disappointed that a historic case has been found in our supply chain”, adding that it would “review every case identified and act upon the learnings”. It said it had made three site visits, but focused solely on food safety, and had stopped using the factory in 2020. Tesco said inspections - supported by information from anti-slavery charity Unseen - “revealed concerning working practices” and the company “ceased all orders from the supplier” in 2020. Waitrose said it pulled out in 2021 after its audits led to “concerns about factory standards and working conditions”. The Co-op said it made “a number” of unannounced inspections, including worker interviews, but found no signs of modern slavery, adding that the company “actively work to tackle the shocking issue… both in the UK and abroad”. M&S said it suspended and delisted the company in 2020 after it “became aware of potential breaches of ethical labour standards via the modern slavery helpline”. The British Retail Consortium said workers’ welfare was “fundamental” to retailers, who it said acted quickly when concerns are raised. “Nonetheless, it is important that the retail industry learns from cases like this to continually strengthen due diligence,” it said. article continues in next post 1 Like 1 Share |
| Crime › Re: UK: Mcdonald’s And Supermarkets Failed To Spot Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:02am On Oct 02, 2024 |
“It really concerns me that so many red flags were missed, and that maybe the companies didn’t do enough to protect vulnerable workers,” said Dame Sara Thornton, the former independent anti-slavery commissioner, who reviewed the BBC’s findings. Det Sgt Chris Acourt, who led the Cambridgeshire Police investigation, said there were “massive opportunities” that were missed to detect the slavery and alert authorities sooner. “Ultimately, we could have been in a situation to end that exploitation much earlier had we been made aware,” he said. Like many of the victims, Pavel - who has waived his legal right to anonymity - was homeless in the Czech Republic when he was approached by the gang in 2016. He says he was lured in with the false promise of a well-paid job in the UK, where he could at the time work legally. But the reality of what he experienced has left lasting scars, he said. “You can’t undo the damage to my mental health, it will always live with me.” He was given just a few pounds a day in cash by his exploiters, despite working 70-hour weeks at the McDonald’s branch, he said. The gang - led by brothers Ernest and Zdenek Drevenak - confiscated the passports of all their victims and controlled them through fear and violence, police found. “We were afraid,” Pavel said. “If we were to escape and go home, [Ernest Drevenak] has a lot of friends in our town, half the town were his mates.” The gang “treated their victims like livestock” feeding them just enough “to keep them going”, according to the Met’s Det Insp Melanie Lillywhite. She said victims were controlled by “invisible handcuffs” - monitored by CCTV, prevented from using phones or the internet and unable to speak English. “They really were cut off from the outside world,” she said. While the gang has been convicted in court, Pavel believes McDonald’s also shares some responsibility. “I do feel partially exploited by McDonald’s because they didn’t act,” he said. “I thought if I was working for McDonalds, that they would be a little bit more cautious, that they will notice it.” Two former colleagues told the BBC the extreme hours the men worked - and the impact it had on them - was plain to see. article continues in next post |
| Crime › UK: Mcdonald’s And Supermarkets Failed To Spot Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:00am On Oct 02, 2024 |
Signs that modern slavery victims were being forced to work at a McDonald’s branch and a factory supplying bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC has found. A gang forced 16 victims to work at either the fast-food restaurant or the factory - which supplied Asda, Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Well-established signs of slavery, including paying the wages of four men into one bank account, were missed while the victims from the Czech Republic were exploited over more than four years. McDonald’s UK said it had improved systems for spotting “potential risks”, while the British Retail Consortium said its members would learn from the case. Six members of a family-run human trafficking network from the Czech Republic have been convicted in two criminal trials, which were delayed by the Covid pandemic. Reporting restrictions have prevented coverage of much of the case, but BBC England can now reveal the full scale of the gang’s crimes - and the missed opportunities to stop them. Nine victims were forced to work at the McDonald’s branch in Caxton, Cambridgeshire. Nine worked at the pitta bread company, with factories in Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire and Tottenham in north London, which made supermarket own-brand products. There were 16 victims in total across both sites, as two worked at both McDonald’s and the factory. The victims - who were all vulnerable, most having experienced homelessness or addiction - earned at least the legal minimum wage, but nearly all of their pay was stolen by the gang. While they lived on a few pounds a day in cramped accommodation - including a leaking shed and an unheated caravan - police discovered their work was funding luxury cars, gold jewellery and a property in the Czech Republic for the gang. On several occasions, victims escaped and fled home only to be tracked down and trafficked back to the UK. The exploitation ended in October 2019 after victims contacted police in the Czech Republic, who then tipped off their British counterparts. But warning signs had been missed for at least four years, the BBC has discovered by reviewing legal documents from the gang’s trial and interviewing three victims. The undetected red flags include: -Victims’ wages were paid into bank accounts in other people’s names. At the McDonald’s, at least four victims’ wages - totalling £215,000 - were being paid into one account, controlled by the gang -Victims were unable to speak English, and job applications were completed by a gang member, who was even able to sit-in on job interviews as a translator -Victims worked extreme hours at the McDonald’s - up to 70 to 100 a week. One victim worked a 30-hour shift. The UN’s International Labour --Organization says excessive overtime is an indicator of forced labour -Multiple employees had the same registered address. Nine victims lived in the same terraced home in Enfield in north London while working at the bakery article continues in next post
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| Crime › Reporter Who Exposed Human Trafficking In Cyber Scamming Arrested In Cambodia by Cousin9999(op): 8:45am On Oct 02, 2024 |
An award-winning Cambodian freelance journalist - known for his reporting on human trafficking in the cyber scam industry - was arrested on Monday, according to the independent Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA). Last year, the US State Department honoured Mech Dara as a 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report Hero for his work exposing the problem. The activity involves tricking people into signing up for what they believe are legitimate jobs in Cambodia, only to be confined to compounds where they target people online around the world. US law enforcement have recently heightened their focus on scam operations in Cambodia due to the high numbers of Americans who have lost millions of dollars. Authorities made the arrest after stopping a car he was travelling in along with his family, CamboJA said in a statement. Mr Dara reportedly managed to send a text message to the rights group Licadho saying military police were arresting him before his phone was seized. A day before his arrest, Dara posted images on social media that were meant to show a revered tourist site demolished to make way for a quarry in the province of Prey Veng. Local authorities labelled the now-deleted images as "fake news". On Monday, the Prey Veng provincial administration issued a statement rejecting his post and accused him of "wanting to cause social disorder or confusion," which can be prosecuted as a criminal offence. The province also called on the Ministry of Information to take legal action against him. In an update on social media, CamboJA posted that according to Phnom Penh Municipal Court spokesperson Y Rin, Mr Dara was charged with "incitement to disturb social security". The journalist has since been placed in pre-trial detention at Kandal provincial prison. Mr Dara's arrest has raised concern among human rights activists. Mr Dara has used social media to highlight the spread of "scam farms" which dupe people across the world into parting with huge sums of money and drive human trafficking across the region. In its latest report, the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders ranked Cambodia 151st out of 180 in its international press freedom index. https://news.sky.com/story/mech-dara-reporter-who-exposed-human-trafficking-in-cyber-scamming-arrested-in-cambodia-rights-groups-say-13225652 1 Like 1 Share |
| Travel › Re: African Woman Cries At Dubai Airport because of Racial Profiling. (video) by Cousin9999: 8:28am On Oct 02, 2024 |
SarakiBukola:There's no way you're a black man. But I'll pretend you are for a second. 1.) It's not a view. You're trying to apply logic to people who are subhuman. They're mentally ill and depraved, that's why they behave and think the way they do. It has nothing to do with reality. 2.) It's especially wrong to try to pretend that West Asians are normal. The things they do to their own people, especially women, prove they're not. 3.) The state of the continent is engineered. Oyinbos invest a lot of resources into neocolonialism. Not just throughout Africa, but also in South/Central America and West/Central/South/East Asia. Whites used to discriminate against Yellows & Brown's.They still do, along with engaging in neocolonialism in their countries. Some of the reasons why some of these behaviors have cooled are: (a) Asian and "Latin" countries are a major source of manufacturing slave labor (b) Asians and "Latinos" have no self-respect and constantly kiss oyinbo ass (they do this regardless of education, achievements, or wealth) (c) Asian and "Latin" countries allow oyinbos to engage in sex tourism/trafficking (d) Asian and "Latin" countries do not pose any military threat (e) women generally do not find Asian men attractive (f) much of Asian and "Latin" culture is considered a punchline (g) oyinbos love hard drugs and Asian and "Latin" countries are consistent producers and traffickers (h) Asian and "Latin" countries are a steady supply of the slave labor/trafficking oyinbos want in their country (i) Asian and "Latin" countries allow oyinbos to traffick wives (j) like oyinbos, Asian and "Latin" people think depraved sex is normal (k) like oyinbos, Asians and "Latinos" think human trafficking is normal Those ones now have money 💰, control their own resources. They have something to negotiate with. So they are polite with them.1.) The only one of them with any real leverage is China, and that's only because it was handed to them on a silver platter by oyinbos in exchange for permanent slave labor conditions. Now that China is improving worker salaries, oyinbos are trying to go elsewhere. 2.) All the other markets are heavily manipulated by oyinbos. 3.) Read these:
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| Culture › Re: Ethiopian Tribe Where Women Cut Their Lips As A Symbol Of Beauty And Identity by Cousin9999: 7:42am On Oct 02, 2024 |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 7:59am On Oct 01, 2024 |
abbey621:You're delusional. I countered your argument with evidence of peeping toms (Heterosexual males) peeping inside women's bathroom and dressing rooms.Strawman. These are heterosexual men o, should heterosexual men be hated? Should we see them as a danger to society?This is a shit argument. First of all, these crossdressing idiots are not gays. Being gay has nothing to do with a damn dress. Trans are just degenerates in a dress. Second, heterosexual men (including those in a dress) are already seen as a danger to society. Every woman walking alone at night is watching for men. Every country has miles of laws that exist purely because of the various horrible crimes that are almost exclusively committed by men. How many women are raped by heterosexual men in a year? How many of them are transgender? Less than 0.1%, so according to your logic, a woman should be more worried about a 0.1% chance of danger than a 25% chance?I'm sure those statistics are very comforting to a woman or small girl (and their parent) walking into an isolated place that's supposed to be for females, and seeing a grown man naked. Nonsense. I'm a stat guy and I earned my Ph.D arguing public policies in the USA, when you're ready to use real stats instead of isolated incidences, let me know!You're lying. You're being paid to post this bullshit about trannies. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 2:51am On Oct 01, 2024 |
Also, if I sound passionate or like I'm doing too much, I do not care. This stuff is wrong. This isn't dress up. This is damaging people's physical and mental health. This is child abuse. This is misogynist. And again, this isn't about gay/lesbian. Gay and lesbian people just want to live, work, and go about their business. They're not hurting anyone or trying to force anything on anyone. This trans shit is just evil. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 2:47am On Oct 01, 2024*. Modified: 8:45am On Oct 01, 2024 |
abbey621:I presented facts on how sex offenders are using this nonsense to commit sex crimes, r--ing women, even in a hospital, and how grown men are cheating women out of opportunities (money, education) and causing/risking serious injuries in sports. And you actually dismissed that to say some utter nonsense about "wHaT aBoUt YoU pErSoNaLLy." Don't even try to turn this around on me. I didn't even get into the physical harm this crap does to the vulnerable children, teens, and adults they brainwash. There are deformed people walking around who never went through puberty, mutilated people, and people pumped full of drugs that no healthy person should be taking. Some of these people are sterile. They will never get their normal, healthy body back. They will have health problems for the rest of their life, physical and mental. Some of them will have health problems in their 20s and 30s that most people encounter in their 80s. I don't care who you are, if you defend this shit, you're sick. This isn't about gays and lesbians. This is about corporate greed going so far as to disable people from childhood. This is about degenerates finding new ways to harm women. And people like you are a part of that. And why? Because you're disgusting and want to have sex with Bobrisky? Because some disgusting oyinbo cut you a check? Wake up. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 10:05pm On Sep 30, 2024 |
Rukevwe999:^This bullshit argument is consistently used by the paid shills of this fake movement. And it's absolutely not true. Yes, they pay people to do this. It's just like any other industry (in this case pharma companies) that wants to manipulate law and society. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 10:03pm On Sep 30, 2024 |
abbey621:You're a loser that either wants to sleep with these creatures, or you're being paid to defend them. Either way, you're worthless. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 3:09am On Sep 30, 2024 |
abbey621:This is how this bullshit impacts the rights and safety of others: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/17/hospital-told-police-patient-not-raped-alleged-attacker-transgender/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13459927/NHS-chiefs-legal-action-female-nurses-changing-room-transgender.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/10/jailed-male-sex-offenders-fake-trans-women-prisoners/ https://www.savewomenssport.com/the-facts |
| Politics › Re: Lagos Lagoon Carnival Set To Hold In December by Cousin9999: 2:40am On Sep 30, 2024 |
NewDea4:You don't think Nigerians can chew gum and walk at the same time? Relaaax, bro. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 2:34am On Sep 30, 2024 |
abbey621:That's a great point. But you know what the difference is? A woman who puts a wig on, a man who uses steroids, and even the horror of someone bleaching doesn't impact the rights and safety of others. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Transgenderism: The Confusion In Identifying As Who You're Not (Photos) by Cousin9999: 2:30am On Sep 30, 2024 |
1.) The modern version of this exists because of how insanely greedy oyinbos are. This is just a way to sell more medication and surgery because it creates lifelong patients. They are lifelong patients because what they're attempting to do is incredibly unhealthy, unsafe, and impossible. The pharmaceutical industry has invested A LOT of money into making this "movement" happen. It's not real at all. 2.) The old version of this exists because of (a) an abuser who people somehow took seriously and (b) mentally ill homophobes. Some people refuse to understand/accept homosexuality exists, and insist the person wants to be the other gender, to the point of referring to them as such and basically trying to indoctrinate them with this idea. With others, it's basically a different form of anti-gay violence; they're giving these people a choice between being ----ed or being a eunuch, which comes in part from men fearing that gay men will do to them what they do to women. 3.) People, mainly minors, who become victims of this ideology (whether modern or old) are vulnerable, easily-manipulated people: SA survivors, gays/lesbians, people with untreated/strong mental health issues, and etc. |
| Travel › Re: 10 Reasons YOU Should NOT Japa From Naija by Cousin9999: 1:27am On Sep 30, 2024 |
He has some valid points.
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| Crime › Re: U.S. Authorities Indict Two Nigerians In $13m Business Email Compromise Scam by Cousin9999: 10:25pm On Sep 28, 2024 |
Also, in the US: Owner of used car business in Swansea wanted by police on ‘multiple arrest warrants’ for fraud https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/owner-used-car-business-swansea-wanted-by-police-multiple-arrest-warrants-fraud/4ZTZ64XNMFABNKQRS2LZJS7G3Q/ Edward Cicciu [img]https://i.postimg.cc/hG00K0jJ/image.jpg[/img] State Police Arrest Pair for Home Improvement Fraud in Newark https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/01/state-police-arrest-pair-for-home-improvement-fraud-in-newark/ Dinetta Kerfoot and Thomas Kerfoot [img]https://i.postimg.cc/HxZ4ysbd/image.jpg[/img] Detectives Arrest Man for Home Improvement Fraud https://dsp.delaware.gov/2024/08/21/detectives-arrest-man-for-home-improvement-fraud/ Jeremey Bowen [img]https://dsp.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2024/08/Jeremy-Bowen.png[/img] 1 Like |
| Crime › Re: U.S. Authorities Indict Two Nigerians In $13m Business Email Compromise Scam by Cousin9999: 10:13pm On Sep 28, 2024 |
Also, in the US: Branford police arrest suspect in text message scam, warn residents of danger https://www.newportdispatch.com/2024/09/28/branford-police-arrest-suspect-in-text-message-scam-warn-residents-of-danger/ Wenjie He https://www.newportdispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/10-09-28-24.jpg Quincy police arrest men accused of stealing $120K from elderly resident https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/09/26/police-arrest-scammers-accused-stealing-120k-from-elderly-resident/ Shaoquin Liu and Shiwang Ning [img]https://img.hoodline.com/2024/9/brooklyn-men-charged-in-sophisticated-scam-that-cost-quincy-senior-dollar120k-2.webp[/img] Multi-state fraud suspect arrested in Kentucky https://www.wkyt.com/2024/09/25/multi-state-fraud-suspect-arrested-kentucky/ Roberta Padgett https://www.wtvq.com/content/uploads/2024/09/f/k/roberta-padgett.jpg 1 Like |
| Romance › Re: Is This True About Ladies? by Cousin9999: 1:36am On Sep 28, 2024 |
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| Travel › Re: JAPA: Nigerian Man Returns Back To Nigeria With His Family To Start Afresh (vid) by Cousin9999: 10:25pm On Sep 27, 2024 |
DaddyCoool:Nationality is irrelevant. Some people think about something besides their own comfort. |
| Travel › Re: Angola Experiences And Info by Cousin9999(op): 10:23pm On Sep 27, 2024 |
Carnaval 2024 (so awesome) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmoJ-mZ9WfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKQP4Do1eos |
| Travel › Re: Plumbing Or Truck Driving - Jobs/vacancies In Abroad by Cousin9999: 9:59pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
honeycruize:You need to check the big threads on Canada. 1 Like |
| Travel › Re: Kigali: The Heartbeat Of Rwanda by Cousin9999: 9:58pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
Rwanda: The Western Puppet Terrorizing and Robbing DRC |
| Foreign Affairs › AC Milan In Talks With DRC For Multiyear Tourism Promo Deal by Cousin9999(op): 9:54pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
Serie A club AC Milan is in talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo over a “sponsorship deal to promote tourism in the central African country,” according to Borrelli & Schipani of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Sources noted that the Congolese government has “approved a multimillion dollar three-year sponsorship” of the football club, which would see the club promote Congo as a “tourist destination through banners at its San Siro stadium and a ‘Visit Congo’ logo on the players’ shirts.” Eastern DRC is beset by a war with rebel group M23, which is “widely believed to receive backing from Rwanda’s government and troops.” The Italian foreign ministry recommends Italian citizens “avoid all non-essential travel to the country.” Borrelli & Schipani noted Rwanda already uses sports sponsorship to “advertise itself as a tourist destination.” Visit Rwanda, the country’s tourism organization, has commercial partnerships with Premier League club Arsenal, Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and Bundesliga club Bayern Munich (FINANCIAL TIMES, 9/25). https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/09/26/ac-milan-drc |
| Crime › Re: Thai Prawns And Other Seafood Imports Once Again Linked To Modern Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:41pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
Six years trapped at sea: ‘I was beaten with barbed stingray tails and scalded by boiling water’ Looking back, Prasert Sriwaurai isn’t sure what stopped the crew from killing their skipper. But he can’t forget the anguish that drove them to discuss, in whispered voices, whether a body thrown into the depths of the ocean would ever be discovered. But they warn that major loopholes persist, and momentum to tackle them is waning. According to an index produced by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, Thailand remained among the “worst performers” in terms of prevalence of IUU fishing in its fleet in 2021, alongside countries including Taiwan and China.Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/modern-slavery-thailand-monks-fishermen-trapped-at-sea/ |
| Crime › Re: Thai Prawns And Other Seafood Imports Once Again Linked To Modern Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:38pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
“The Commission is very concerned about Thailand’s legislative proposal,” a spokesperson said, adding that the bloc considers the changes as a “substantive relaxation of the current rules” which are “not in line with Thailand’s obligations under international law”. “Thailand has so far been considered by the Commission as one of the most successful IUU dialogues between the EU and a third country, and one of the best examples of constructive cooperation in this field,” the spokesperson said. “[The reforms] contributed to increase transparency and achieve a sustainable, legal and ethical fisheries sector.” But they added: “The Commission will not hesitate to take all necessary action if it considers that Thailand is acting as a non-cooperating country in the fight against IUU fishing.” The Thai government has been insistent that trade would not be affected by new guidelines, stressing that the EU – with whom it is currently negotiating a free trade agreement – makes up only around six per cent of seafood exports. But other countries – including the US, UK, Japan and South Korea – also have or are developing seafood import restrictions designed to screen for and prevent illegal fishing and labour abuses. Almost 60 per cent of Thailand’s exports currently go to such countries. “If fully implemented, these changes would have huge implications for Thailand’s incredibly important seafood export industry… [and] open the floodgates for illegal fishing and poor working conditions,” said Dominic Thomson, deputy director and Southeast Asia project manager for the Environmental Justice Foundation. “Our analysis shows that seafood trade to just six countries plus the EU worth $3.3 billion in 2022 would be jeopardised as these markets introduce new trade instruments designed to restrict the flow of IUU or slave-caught seafood into their countries. He added that the rollbacks would contradict the international consensus, as countries are increasingly moving towards stricter and better monitored fishing industries. “Thailand has already done the hard work over the last eight years to build itself up as a market leader in this regard,” he told the Telegraph. “U-turning now would serve to wipe out this hard-won competitive advantage and threaten the survival of the industry itself… We have only a limited window to halt these changes.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/modern-slavery-fishing-industry-thailand-human-trafficking/ |
| Crime › Thai Prawns And Other Seafood Imports Once Again Linked To Modern Slavery by Cousin9999(op): 9:36pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
Tuna, prawns and crab from Thailand could be removed from supermarket shelves in the West if the southeast Asian country waters down laws designed to protect seafarers, say European officials. Investigations a decade ago revealed that fishermen were being trapped on Thai ships for years as modern slaves. Many were brutalised and reports of murder also surfaced, while illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing flourished. The situation was calmed at the time by the introduction of legislation designed to protect workers and international sanctions were avoided. Now, however, Thai lawmakers are drafting new legislation which looks set to drastically weaken those protections. According to analysis from the Environmental Justice Foundation, an international environmental NGO, they include amendments dropping the necessity of a crew list when leaving the docks, and enabling the transfers of workers and products from one boat to another at sea. “The new Thai government of [prime minister] Srettha Thavisin is pursuing a policy of human rights and environmental backsliding in the fishing sector out of a motivation that contains equal parts of greed, ignorance and denial,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “If the proposed changes in law go through, Thailand will return to the bad old days of at sea transshipment of product and fishermen that fueled the systematic and pervasive use of trafficked labour to underpin IUU fishing schemes.” Prodprasop Suraswadi, an advisor to the prime minister, told a recent panel in Bangkok that the changes were needed because current legislation is overly bureaucratic and burdensome, contributing to reduced exports and profits. He added that they were enacted by an unpopular and undemocratic military-backed government, following the 2014 coup. A spokesperson for Move Forward party, which supports the changes, added: “Our stance on amending the fishery law is to amend the punishment clauses to be fairer and more proportionate to the crime.” He insisted some of the changes would not “create loopholes that could lead to labour abuses”. But an EC spokesperson told the Telegraph that a “yellow card” – which was first introduced in 2015 – or other sanctions could be applied if plans to undo regulations continued. This could potentially restrict or even halt trade, hitting Western consumers. article continues in next post |
| Crime › Re: Nigerian Pastor Arrested in Thailand Over Scam-Related Documents (Picture/Video) by Cousin9999: 9:28pm On Sep 26, 2024 |
You mean this Thailand? SE Asia's Scamming Compounds, A Global Human Trafficking Crisis https://www.nairaland.com/8205606/se-asias-scamming-compounds-global For Sale: The Pervasive Organ Trade In Asia https://www.nairaland.com/8194982/sale-pervasive-organ-trade-asia SE Asia: Record Meth And Synth Drug Seizures, Profits In The Billions https://www.nairaland.com/8204996/se-asia-record-meth-synth 1 Like |
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