GAO Report Calls for CBP to Increase Efforts to Reduce Seafood Slavery
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have not properly worked with partner agencies to reduce human slavery and illegal labor practices in the seafood industry.
The report, which was requested by Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), found that CBP needs to improve their investigative methods and its collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), affiliated nongovernmental organizations, and other stakeholders is ad hoc at best and cannot meet legal requirements without reform, Grijalva’s office explained...
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