Correspondence
Email sent to two contact addresses for Abramczyk Sp. Z.O.O.
The email said: "I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in such practices and your supply chain – Dandong Hailong Foodstuff and Donggang Haimeng Foodstuff. We have uncovered evidence that the two Chinese companies, Donggang Hailong and Donggang Haimeng, have used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers required under United Nations Security Council sanctions. This evidence shows North Korean labor at factories in Liaoning, China, belonging to each of the companies as recently as 2023. According to trade records seen by The Outlaw Ocean Project, Abramczyk Sp. Z O.O. was the consignee for multiple shipments of seafood from Dandong Hailong and Donggang Haimeng since December 2019. While we understand that you may not be aware of the above issues, we want to ask if Abramczyk Sp. Z O.O. has any comment to make in response to this email?"
The Outlaw Ocean Project emailed: "We emailed Abramczyk Sp. Z O.O. on November 23, 2023, regarding our ongoing investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry. Since then, we have uncovered additional evidence which we wanted to bring to your attention.
We have investigators on the ground in China who have been engaging with labor brokers directly involved with the transfer of North Korean workers to factories in China. Through this and other investigative means, including collecting online footage from the plants and interviews with workers recently returned to North Korea from China, we’ve found large numbers of North Korean workers at a range of seafood processing plants in Liaoning province, on China’s border with North Korea.
We have information that as recently as December 2023, there were 50-70 workers at Dalian Haiqing Food Co. Ltd. in Liaoning.
According to trade records seen by The Outlaw Ocean Project, Abramczyk Sp. Z O.O. was the consignee for shipments of seafood from Dalian Haiqing in 2021.
While we understand that you may not be aware of the above issues, we want to ask if Abramczyk Sp. Z O.O. has any comment to make in response to this, or our previous, email?"