Four California and Thai companies which supply Walmart with seafood are facing a lawsuit over allegations that they participate in trafficking and forced labour. The case, which has been filed in US by Cambodian villagers, claims that the companies are in breach of the California Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The companies include Rubicon Resources, incorporated in the California and Wales & Co which is incorporated in Thailand but registered in US. Phatthana Seafood and S.S. Frozen Food have been named as the Thai companies.
Four US and Thai companies which supply Walmart with seafood are facing a lawsuit over allegations that they participate in trafficking and forced labour. The case, which has been filed in California by Cambodian villagers, claims that the companies are in breach of the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The companies include Rubicon Resources, incorporated in the US and Wales & Co which is incorporated in Thailand but registered in California. Phatthana Seafood and S.S. Frozen Food have been named as the Thai companies.