i m pulitzer prize winning ap national writer martha mendoza, and some colleagues and i just reported that slaves in thailand are peeling shrimp that s later sold in the u.s. the latest in our series on slavery in the seafood industry. ama! /

Hi,I’m Martha Mendoza, a national writer for The Associated Press. AP colleagues Margie Mason, and Robin McDowell,Esther Htusan and I just keep out an exclusive report showing that slave laborers in Thailand -- some of them children -- are peeling shrimp for sale overseas, and that some of that shrimp is being sold in supermarkets and restaurants in the U.
S. This is our latest report in an AP investigative series on slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia. Some of our reporting earlier this year resulted in more than 2000 slaves being freed and returned to their families, or many of them in nearby Myanmar. Here’s our latest epic,on slaves peeling shrimp: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8f64fb25931242a985bc30e3f5a9a0b2/ap-global-supermarkets-selling-shrimp-peeled-slaves And here’s my proof: https://twitter.com/mendozamartha/status/80645632 These are some of our previous stories in this investigation, including video reports that feature footage of slave laborers inside cages and emotional reunions with family members: AP Investigation: Slavery taints global supply of seafood: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/98053222a73e4b5dab9fb81a116d5854/ap-investigation-slavery-taints-global-supply-seafood VIDEO: US Supply Chain Tainted by Slave-Caught Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYgAVQG5lk Myanmar fisherman goes home after 22 years as a slave: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d8afe2a8447d4610b3293c119415bd4a/myanmar-fisherman-goes-home-after-22-years-slave VIDEO: Tortured Fish Slave Returns Home After 22 Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIVPKQV40G4 AP Exclusive: AP tracks slave boats to Papua current Guinea: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c2fe8406ff7145a8b484deae3f748aa5/ap-tracks-lost-slave-fishing-boats-papua-current-guinea What do you want to know approximately slavery in the seafood industry, or approximately slave labor more generally? keep a question to me anything. UPDATE: Thanks for all of the great questions. I've got to get to work on our next epic. Stay tuned. submitted by MarthaMendozaAP to IAmA[link][278 comments]

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