SF Lawsuit Accuses Costco Of Selling Shrimp Caught By Slave Labor
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - Lawyers in San Francisco have filed a lawsuit against Costco - on a claim the retail giant sells shrimp produced by slave labor in Thailand.
The lawsuit seeks to end the imports and demands refunds for its California customers.
The supplier - Thailand-based CP Foods - is also named in the lawsuit for allegedly using fish hauled by unpaid migrant workers to feed the shrimp.
Former laborers have reported being whipped and electrically shocked.
No one at Costco was available for comment.
