Today, Laogai Research Foundation released its latest action report “Bodies on Display: The Risks in Trading in Human Remains from China.” You can download the report here. This current report details the controversy surrounding Premier Exhibition, Inc., the use of “unclaimed” Chinese bodies in its traveling exhibitions and provides ideas for future action. Key topics discussed in the report include:

• China’s prolific execution of prisoners and the sale of their organs and bodies for profit
• A case study detailing the risks run by foreign corporations who trade in human remains from China
• Government action taken on these suspicions to date
• Possible courses of future action to raise awareness of the bourgeoning black market trade in bodies from China

For more information on China's death penalty and organ harvesting, see our fact sheet: "China's Death Penalty: Profiting from Execution."
 

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Today, Laogai Research Foundation released its latest report: "Not for Sale: Advertising Forced Labor Products for Illegal Export." This current report expands on LRF’s previous works, Laogai Handbook: 2007-2008 and “Laogai Forced Labor Camps Listed in Dun & Bradstreet Databases." Our Laogai Handbook lists all known Laogai camps in China and the “Laogai Forced Labor Camps Listed in Dun & Bradstreet Databases” report details 314 entries for Laogai enterprises in the international business database Dun and Bradstreet. Our key findings in this current report include:

• Over 100 Laogai enterprises are advertising or are listed in English on the Internet, suggesting the intent to export Laogai products to international markets, including the U.S.
• In many cases, Laogai enterprises are actively requesting to be listed on international trade sites
• Several of the listing sites translate enterprise entries into multiple European languages
• The Chinese government actively promotes the trade of Laogai products, illegal under Chinese export regulations, through listings on China Commodity Net, a Chinese government sponsored website

(Click the report cover on the right to download the whole report (PDF))

Read the latest on the report launch from Deutsche Presse Agentur:  "China is still marketing for export products made by forced labour in prisons, nearly 20 years after such exports were first exposed, the US-based Laogai Research Foundation said on Thursday. A survey by the foundation found 120 English-language online advertisements marketing enterprises with known connections to China's penal system."(Read more)