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Stop Slavery-Tainted Coffee at the Border | Coffee Watch (2025-04-23)
https://coffeewatch.org/stop-slavery-tainted-coffee-at-the-border/
———>> ... International Rights Advocates filed a U.S. lawsuit against the coffee titan [Starbucks] alleging #trafficking and Coffee Watch filed a petition with U.S. customs authorities asking the government to block imports from #Brazil to the U.S. of coffee tainted by slavery and forced labor by top importers including #Starbucks, #Nestlé, JDE, #Dunkin’, #Illy, and #McDonald’s...
>> “The coffee industry, led by Starbucks, has slaves working in its supply chain right this minute, and we must stop this abuse, starting in Brazil, as the world’s top coffee producer,” said Etelle Higonnet, Coffee Watch Founder and Director. “We’re talking about a multi-billion-dollar coffee industry and giant corporations like Starbucks that have failed to ensure their supply chains are free of horrific human rights abuses. Starbucks must take action.”