Correspondence
Email sent to the contact address for Dandong Galicia Seafood.
The email said: "We’re contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry. We have information that as recently as December 2023 there were 50-70 North Korean overseas laborers working at Dandong Galicia Seafood (丹东加利西亚海产品有限公司). The use of overseas North Korean workers was prohibited by the United Nations Security Council in 2017, with Resolution 2397 setting a deadline of December 2019 for the repatriation of all such workers to North Korea. According to trade records, Dandong Galicia Seafood (丹东加利西亚海产品有限公司) exports to customers in the United States. Under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), passed in 2017, the United States prohibits the import of any goods produced by North Korean nationals unless clear and convincing evidence is provided that indicates the materials were not made with forced labor. Does Dandong Galicia Seafood (丹东加利西亚海产品有限公司) have any comment to make in response to this email?"
The Outlaw Ocean Project emailed: "As we haven't heard back from you on this, we wanted to check if you had any comment or statement to make at this time?"