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Almost every brand of tuna on supermarket shelves shows why modern slavery laws are needed

  • Written by Kate Nicholl, Lecturer and Research Assistant, University of Melbourne
Almost every brand of tuna on supermarket shelves shows why modern slavery laws are neededTracking the journey of tuna from the seas around Thailand to Australian supermarket shelves shows modern slavery is a pervasive problem.Shutterstock.com

What is the chance the last tin of tuna you ate was made using slave labour? If it came from Thailand, the odds may be a lot higher than you imagine.

We have tracked the journey of tuna from the...

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