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In 2004, we saw an opportunity to bring, something different to yachting.

To not just provide seamless support, but elevate the entire experience. To celebrate yachts not just as assets, but for their inspiring crew, enormous capability and the access they bring to some of the most incredible parts of the world.

AMAZING AWAITS

Every day. On every yacht. During every voyage.

A cornerstone of the yachting community

Our team members are active participants in trade associations and industry think tanks, all passionate about driving progress. And we bring together a dynamic and ever-evolving network of crews, captains, yards, clients, and thought leaders to keep excellence in yachting moving forward.

Diverse and Far Reaching

We manage over 100 large yacht operations, from traditional operations to private fleets, special purpose yachts, exploration vessels and regatta racing teams. Our global team has a vast breadth of in-house expertise spanning sales, purchase, charter, management, new construction and refit.

Dedicatedly Different

We approach everything we do with creativity and innovation. Envisioning the future, as well as addressing the needs of the present. And bringing solutions that enhance every aspect of our clients’ experience in ways never imagined before.

What we believe

OUR SUPERPOWER. PEOPLE.

We believe yachting isn’t defined by the assets themselves but by the people who bring those assets to life. For Y.CO employees, crew, partners and clients alike, we strive to create an environment where people can live their best lives and do their best work.

Culture counts. So we bring together brilliant crews with a special kind of synergy, allow team members continual opportunities to grow, and ensure that every owner’s vision, values and ambitions are reflected in the way we manage their yacht.

TRUST IS EVERYTHING

We believe trust counts for everything. Y.CO remains 100% privately owned by our co-founders, allowing us to foster unique relationships, offer an intimate, highly bespoke service to our clients, and establish a network of trusted partners all over the globe, including every major European shipyard.

We promise absolute confidentiality and build relationships that last for decades, staying by our clients’ sides at every stage of their yachting journey.

FUTURE FORWARD

We want to leave the yachting industry in a better place. Already, our teams, crews and owners are quietly making a big difference in lots of little ways.

We partner with nonprofits such as the Rocky Mountain Institute and YachtAid Global to make a positive impact through humanitarian aid, disaster response programs and efforts to accelerate the green energy transition. By 2030, we aim to reduce overall fleet emissions by at least 20% through the integration of new technology and operational efficiency. And we’re helping our clients make a positive contribution through emissions compensation programmes, crew welfare initiatives or by equipping their yachts to aid in research or humanitarian missions.

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"superyachts let you see the world differently, feel life's excitement, and make lasting memories.".

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Worth Avenue Yachts is a leading international yacht company, with offices in Europe and America and local affiliations around the world. With our headquarters in Palm Beach , a thriving branch in Fort Lauderdale and a satellite Monaco office to co-ordinate European yacht sales and purchases, we can manage all your yachting needs, wherever you are.

If you’re not based in Europe or America, we’re still here to help-whether you want to buy a yacht , charter a yacht , or just know a little bit more about what the luxury yachting experience is all about. Our sales and charter fleet is global, with yachts for sale from Italy to Seattle and all the way ‘down under’ to Australia. As an international yacht company, Worth Avenue yacht brokers are extremely experienced in organizing yacht itineraries all around the globe. We can even organize you a yacht charter in Antarctica if you like!

Of course, you don’t need to go out of your way to come to one of our offices (although we love it when you do visit us.) We can organize yacht sales, charters, contracts and queries from anywhere on the planet via phone or Skype meetings set up with your preferred sales or charter broker .

There are also plenty of opportunities to meet with us in person at international yachting events. Worth Avenue Yachts brokers attend all the major yacht shows so we can meet with our VIP clients, get to know your preferences, and show you around some pretty impressive yachts.

Worth Avenue Yachts also has a whole network of affiliated shipyards and yacht agents around the world, meaning that we can have a local presence, even when you’re cruising on a yacht far away.

And because our brokers work as a unified team rather than as individual commissioning brokers like most other yachting companies, when we say we’re an international yacht company, we really mean it. Our brokers work together across the oceans and time zones, pooling their local knowledge, contacts and expertise to ensure that our client benefits from our century of combined experience.

Worth Avenue Yachts are an international yacht company, but we always strive to act like a local one. That’s the difference, and it’s an important one. We’ve sold over a billion dollars worth of yachts with our approach, so get in touch with us to find out why Worth Avenue Yachts is the best international yacht company in the business

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Business | yacht broker responds to antitrust lawsuit: we’ve ‘done nothing wrong’.

A Fort Lauderdale-based yacht broker is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it and numerous other members of South Florida’s yacht industry engage in unfair competition by requiring 10% commissions be paid by purchasers of preowned boats.

Denison Yacht Sales is the first of a group of yacht brokers, mostly based in South Florida, to respond to allegations leveled in three antitrust lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Miami.

The lawsuits claim that trade associations, including the International Yacht Brokers Association, work in conjunction with Multiple Listing Services and individual yacht brokers to require that commissions are paid to brokers for both sellers and buyers.

The first lawsuit was filed by Wyoming company Ya Mon Expeditions on Feb. 29.

The second lawsuit was filed on March 22 by Alabama customer Kip Lamar Snell, while a third was filed on March 26 by a company called Magna Charter LLC, identified as a yacht purchaser who paid a commission.

On Monday, a federal judge assigned to two of the three lawsuits agreed to a request to consolidate them into a single suit.

The lawsuits are patterned after litigation that accused the National Association of Realtors of conspiring with real estate brokers to artificially inflate commissions paid when homes are sold.

A federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, issued a ruling in October favoring the plaintiff. On March 15, the Realtors agreed to a settlement that’s expected to force major changes in how homes are sold in the United States.

Denison’s motion in the Ya Mon Expeditions case requests dismissal of the claims against only Denison, asserting that the company “has done nothing wrong and is being sued for merely being a yacht brokerage and having had an executive that served on the board of” the International Yacht Brokers Association.

Denison states that it has been “lumped into these broad-stroke allegations” that it has “implemented,” “adopted” and “enforced” a rule requiring inflated commissions of 5% each for the seller’s and buyer’s brokers.

The lawsuits refer to the alleged commission requirement as the “Buyer’s Broker Commission Rule.”

But Denison’s motion states that the broker “has no such requirement, does not require its brokers to be members of any association” and does not “require use of any MLS, nor mandate brokers pay cooperating brokers (inclusive of buyer’s brokers).”

Denison is “purely free market” and its “only major requirements are that its brokers be legally licensed and impeccably honest,” the motion states.

Further, the motion states that the lawsuit fails to make specific allegations regarding Denison while making “vague and conclusory” charges against all 15 defendants.

The only specific allegation that forms the basis for naming Denison as a co-defendant, the motion states, stems from company president Bob Denison’s membership on the International Yacht Broker Association board of directors, the motion states. That allegation cannot be used to hold Denison Yacht Sales liable, because there is a lack of “evidence of actual knowledge of, and participation in” what the plaintiffs allege is an illegal scheme.

Other shortcomings of the complaint, as identified in the motion, include failure to allege reasonable restraint on trade or an antitrust injury.

Denison is represented by Beverly Hills, California-based attorney Christopher Brainard, and Emily Heim of Bayramoglu Law Office LLC of Henderson, Nevada. Heim did not respond to an email on Monday and Brainard said he had no comment on Denison’s motion or the cases against the yacht broker industry.

Denison’s response is likely just the first of a cascade of court filings to follow as the consolidated case seeks class-action status.

Late last week, attorneys came forward representing defendants Boats Group LLC, Permira Advisers LLC, United Yacht Sales LLC, HMY Yacht Sales, Galati Yacht Sales LLC, MarineMax Inc., and Northrop & Johnson Yacht Ships LLC.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore granted a request by two of the law firms representing Ya Mon Expeditions and Kip Lamar Snell to consolidate the three “nearly identical” cases into one, effective immediately.

The judge’s ruling stated that consolidating the cases would “streamline these proceedings and eliminate unnecessary repetition and confusion.”

Moore, however, said he would decide on the law firms’ request to appoint them as interim co-lead counsel in the consolidated case “in due course.”

If the request is granted, interim co-lead counsel responsibilities would be divided among Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, an antitrust firm with offices in 10 cities, and Miami-based Podhurst Orseck P.A., a nationally known firm that specializes in complex commercial and class action claims.

Ron Hurtibise covers business and consumer issues for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He can be reached by phone at 954-356-4071, on Twitter @ronhurtibise or by email at [email protected].

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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs' son accused of sex assault in lawsuit that also names music mogul as defendant

A woman alleges she was attacked while working on a yacht in late 2022., by diana dasrath and doha madani | nbc news • published april 5, 2024 • updated on april 5, 2024 at 7:52 am.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is a  subject of a federal sex trafficking investigation , has been named as a defendant in a new lawsuit that alleges his son sexually assaulted a woman while she was working on a yacht the music mogul had chartered for a trip at the end of 2022. 

The allegation is the latest in a  wave of lawsuits accusing Combs , 54, of sexual assault, sexual trafficking and engaging in other criminal activity. He has denied all the allegations, calling them sickening.

In the suit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Grace O’Marcaigh alleges that Christian Combs, 26, sexually assaulted her in late December 2022 while she was working on a boat charter that had been “sold as a wholesome family excursion” but turned into a “hedonistic environment.” 

The alleged assault happened just days before Sean Combs hosted a New Year’s Eve yacht party with a long list of  celebrity guests . 

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Christian Combs is accused of sexual assault, sexual harassment and infliction of emotional distress in the lawsuit. Sean Combs is being sued for premises liability as the person who chartered the yacht and for aiding and abetting his son in the alleged assault. 

Representatives for Christian and Sean Combs did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night. Sean Combs has denied all of the recent allegations against him. 

 “Like father, like son," attorney Tyrone Blackburn, who is representing O’Marcaigh, said Thursday night after the suit was filed. "It gives us no joy or pleasure in filing this suit against Christian Combs who has clearly adopted his father’s pattern and practice of depravity."

In the yacht studio

In her suit, O’Marcaigh alleges that Christian Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her. She included transcriptions of audio clips   that she states are evidence of her denying his advances as he gropes her. The suit states that the clips were recorded by a producer in the studio. 

O’Marcaigh, who was 25 at the time of the alleged assault, worked as a steward providing dinner and drink service on the yacht from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and witnessed partying and drug use between a “constant rotation of suspected sex workers” and celebrities, the suit states. She also alleges in the complaint that she suspected bottles of alcohol were laced with drugs because women began to fall over themselves, panic or pass out after just one drink. 

Around Dec. 28, 2022, O’Marcaigh was informed that Christian Combs would be joining the party to record with music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones in the yacht’s makeshift studio, the suit states. 

Christian Combs had been staying on shore at a villa, but often joined his father in the evenings, according to the suit. The woman’s suit alleges that he arrived “heavily intoxicated” and that he paid an inappropriate amount of attention to her. 

Christian then pressured O’Marcaigh to take shots of tequila that she believes he brought onboard, according to the suit.

After she took the shot, O’Marcaigh states in the lawsuit, Christian Combs became aggressive and insisted she drink more. 

O’Marcaigh became fearful and began to feel the effect of the tequila, which she “quickly suspected” had been spiked, the suit states. 

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The situation “escalated” as Christian Combs groped O’Marcaigh’s legs, breast, anus and vagina, the suit states. The suit details audio recordings in which it states O’Marcaigh can be heard declining alcohol, saying she had to leave, and telling Christian Combs to stop touching her with what sounds like kissing noises in the background.

The audio was recorded by Jones, the producer who was in the studio during the alleged assault and who has alleged in his  own lawsuit that he was required to record Sean Combs “constantly”  and had hours of footage in which the music mogul and his staff allegedly engaged in criminal conduct. 

NBC News has heard two clips of audio transcribed in the suit purportedly from the night of Dec. 28, 2022, but has not verified who was recorded. 

“Excuse me, you don’t touch my legs like that. I’ll move my legs where I want to,” O’Marcaigh is heard saying in the recording detailed in the suit. “If I want to do this, then I will. You don’t touch my legs like that.” 

“Listen, you and everybody in the crew,” Christian Combs allegedly replies. 

“I can’t, I have to go down,” O’Marcaigh says. “I have to go down.”

Christian Combs then insists that O’Marcaigh stay with him, but she responds   that she cannot unless he makes that request to a crew leader, the suit states, citing the audio recording. 

O’Marcaigh answered this way because she knew “anyone of authority” who could approve the request would be asleep and Christian Combs would not be able to contact them, the suit states. 

“Who can I talk to? I’m going to say I requested you right now,” Christian Combs said, according to the suit.  

“Well, you can take your hand off my ass for the first thing,” O’Marcaigh responded. 

O’Marcaigh then attempted to resume her duties and finish her shift once she was able to leave the studio, the suit states.   Christian Combs allegedly found her a short time later and insisted she find him a place to sleep.

She directed him to the yacht cinema, which was used as an extra sleeping area, where he blocked her in, the suit states. 

Christian Combs allegedly began to grope her and took off his clothes. 

“His penis was erect, and he grabbed her arms and was trying to force PLAINTIFF to perform oral sex on him,” the suit states. 

The suit includes photos of bruising on O’Marcaigh’s forearm and alleges it was caused when Christian Combs grabbed her. 

O’Marcaigh fought him off until someone else walked in, according to the suit. 

Since the alleged attack

The alleged assault had a deep impact on O’Marcaigh’s mental health as well as her professional and personal lives, the suit said. When O’Marcaigh complained to the yacht captain the next day, the suit alleges, the captain did not believe her and failed to investigate.

She alleges that the captain retaliated against her until she was terminated in May 2023. 

Her mental health deteriorated, and the woman had anxiety and panic attacks as well as severe suicidal ideations, the suit said. O’Marcaigh alleges that the emotional strain affected her physical health and that she developed an eating disorder and epileptic seizures following the assault. 

She is seeking unspecified damages. 

"I am here to fight for those who can’t fight for themselves and I applaud Grace for being so brave to come forward with her truth," attorney Rodney S. Diggs said of his client. "Hopefully her story will inspire others to come forward."

Allegations and investigation 

O’Marcaigh’s suit is the first to accuse Christian Combs of sexual assault. Since November, his father, Sean Combs, has been accused in lawsuits of sexual assault by four women, which he has repeatedly denied. 

One of those suits  has been settled , and the others have not been resolved.  

Jones, a producer who worked for Sean Combs from September 2022 to November 2023, alleged the rapper sexually harassed him, pressured him to engage in sexual acts and forced him to procure sex workers. He said he witnessed Sean Combs giving drinks laced with drugs to people at parties. 

An attorney for Combs said Jones’ “reckless name-dropping about events that are pure fiction and simply did not happen is nothing more than a transparent attempt to garner headlines.”

On March 25, agents with Homeland Security Investigations  searched Sean Combs’ properties  in Los Angeles and Miami. A source familiar with the investigation told NBC News that a federal investigation began before this year and that authorities were aware of the layout of Combs’ properties before the raids. 

During the searches last month, federal agents discovered guns and seized his phones as part of a warrant issued from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, law enforcement sources have said. Christian Combs was detained at his father’s Los Angeles home last month when Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant, but he was not arrested. 

Investigators are also looking into allegations of statutory rape against Sean Combs, the source said. 

NBC News previously reported that at least three women and one man have been interviewed by federal investigators in relation to allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms. 

Aaron Dyer, one of Combs’ attorneys, issued a statement following last month’s property searches and said that Combs “was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the search as an ambush, saying there’s been a rush to judgment based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

“There has been no finding of criminal or civil liability with any of these allegations,” Dyer said. “Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

Diana Dasrath reported from Los Angeles and Doha Madani reported from New York.

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Imperia Tower is a multipurpose complex located on plot 4 of the Moscow International Business Center. It will consist of 2 buildings, the mixed-use Building A and the water park entertainment complex in Building B.

Building A, totaling 60 floors, will incorporate over 70,110 square meters (750,000 sq ft) of office space, 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft) of apartments, a 280 room hotel (30,000 m2/320,000 sq ft), and assorted retail outlets.

Building B will incorporate the water park and will be a focus of entertainment for the MIBC Complex. It will also house a shopping mall, restaurants and cafés, and will be open year-round.

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The Eurasia Tower, located on plot 12, is an office/recreational space with a total area of 207542 square meters. It will be situated on a three-tier podium in which will be placed a fitness center, entertainment, restaurants, and shops. Other areas will be distributed as follows: 106 231 square meters will be reserved for office space, and residential apartments will occupy 21185 square meters. On the bottom, there will be parking for more than 1000 cars. The external design of the building is a combination of classical and modernist style. On the outside of the building, a scenic elevator will run up and down for views of the entire city.

• Number of Floors: 67
• Height: 305 meters
• Total Investment: $250 million
• Total Area: 207,542 square meters
• The area of office premises: 106 231 m
• The area of premises: 21 185 m
• Parking capacity: 1000 places
• Developer: Mos City Group
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The unique construction combines architectural elegance, comfort and ergonomics. Upon completion, this will be the tallest building in Europe, at the height of 506 metres.

Office complex "Federation" is on plot 13 MIBC "Moscow-city". The structure represents a design of two tri-hedral towers with height of 360 and 243 metres above the ground, located on a common base of 10 floors. Between them the spike, with a height of 506 metres. In the towers a restaurant is planned, along with office psuites and residential apartments divided by technical floors. In the spike elevators with panoramic views and an evacuation stairway will be placed. In the base of the towers a full complex of retail and household services is planned. The underground part includes parking places, technical premises, and the walkway connecting the complex with the central part of a Business Centre, northern departure and a complex 12 site.

• Developer: ZAO Mirax-City, Russia
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• Architect: Prof. P. Schweger and S. Tchoban (Germany)
• Total Investment: $500 million
• Total Area: 425,000 square metres;
• Total area of a plot: 1,07 hectares
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• Construction began: 2004
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Multipurpose building with housing and open space, premises of trading and cultural appointment «Mercury City Tower» on plot 14 MIBC "Moscow-city". The structure's height is 322 metres (with a spike bringing it to 380) above the surface of the ground, with five underground floors. In a building office premises, apartments, the trading areas, and also restaurants will be located. The underground part, consisting of 5 floors, includes parking places, technical, and retail space.

• Architect: M.M. Posohin, Frank Williams (USA), G.L. Sirota
• Total area of a plot: 0,4975 Hectares
• Total Area: 158,000 square metres;
• Height: 380 metres
• Amount of floors: 70
• The area of offices: 86 000 square metres
• The area of Apartments: 24 000 square metres
• The area of Fitness centre: 5 000 square metres
• The area of Restaurants: 3 500 square metres
• Trading premises: 6 200 square metres
• Those a premise: 16 900 square metres
• Parking place: 18 000 square metres

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Construction began in September, 2007, and is planned to be completed in 2011. Upon reaching its final height of 612.2 metres (2,009 ft), it will be the tallest building in Europe and the second tallest in the world.

The total area of the structure will cover 520,000 m² (5,597,233.4 sq ft), of which 38% (200,000 m² (2,152,782.1 sq ft)) will be located underground. The tower will contain 118 floors, 101 lifts, and underground parking to accommodate 3,680 cars. Commercial retail shops will be located at the base of the building. The maximum capacity of the building is projected to be around 30,000.

The first ten floors will be occupied with the common part in which the parking will be placed. In the bottom part of a tower of office premises, a hotel will be located, the top floors will be occupied by apartments. In a business part of the project is expected to house a large congress centre, hotel, an entertainment zone, and a casino and park of attractions. Construction is planned on a plots 17-18 MIBC "Moscow-City". The developer of the project is the Moscow company (MDC), in cooperation with the city government and CT-Towers is the affiliated structure STT Group created for realization of projects in MIBC "Moscow-City". The final project of a tower has been presented by architect Norman Foster on March 15th, 2006 at exhibition MIPIM-2006 in Cannes. After completion, Russia Tower will become the tallest tower in Europe.

• Total area of a plot: 2,19 hectares
• Total Area: 520,800 square metres
• Amount of floors: 118
• Height: 612 m
• Cost of the project: $1,5-1,7 billion
• Spaciousness of the built in parking: 3680 place
• Amount of lifts: 101
• Construction began: on September, 18th, 2007
• Construction completed: 2012
• The status of the project is currently preparation for construction
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Indian company sold contaminated shrimp to U.S. grocery stores, 'whistleblower' says

This story is a product of an NBC News investigation in collaboration with The Outlaw Ocean Project, a nonprofit journalism organization.

Joshua Farinella had been working in the seafood industry for eight years when he received an exotic job offer too lucrative to pass up — managing a shrimp factory in southern India. The salary: $300,000, more than double what he was making previously.

“I packed up two suitcases and moved 8,000 miles away,” said Farinella, 45, of Pittston, Pennsylvania. “It was supposed to be life-changing.”

But just a few months after he arrived on the job in October 2023, Farinella said he became deeply disturbed by what he was witnessing.  

His company, Choice Canning, supplies shrimp to major U.S. grocery chains including Walmart, Aldi, ShopRite and H.E.B. It touts its “ state-of-the-art processing plant ” and “commitment to international standards of quality.”But Farinella said he soon discovered that Choice Canning operated unsanitary offsite “peeling sheds” and routinely approved the export of shrimp tainted with antibiotics in violation of U.S. food safety law.

The company’s treatment of workers was equally jarring to Farinella, he said. Migrant workers rarely had a day off, slept in overcrowded, bedbug-infested dorms and were restricted from leaving the walled-off company compound in Amalapuram, according to Farinella. They were mostly women who were often recruited from the poorest sections of the country.

Farinella left the job after about four months, but not before recording conversations with senior leadership and capturing video footage of conditions at the plant and at an offsite peeling facility. 

“​​The consumers need to understand that they’ve been purchasing a contaminated product that was made by people who don’t have the luxury of going home,” said Farinella, who has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Food and Drug Administration and other regulators detailing his allegations and has shared it with members of Congress.

U.S. lawmakers are looking into Farinella’s allegations, which underscore long-held concerns about the farmed shrimp industry globally and more recent findings about India’s in particular. 

In a letter dated March 18, ranking Democrats on the House Committee on Natural Resources requested documents and recordings from Farinella in response to his complaint. The letter references the committee’s “ongoing efforts to reduce human rights violations and increase transparency in the seafood supply chain.” (Farinella’s lawyers said they’ve provided all relevant records in response.)

After the nonprofit news organization The Outlaw Ocean Project published its investigation into Farinella’s claims, other lawmakers called on the Biden administration to take action to protect American consumers.

“Damning evidence from someone in the industry has revealed strong concerns of severe food safety issues and labor violations at an Indian shrimp processing plant,” Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., wrote in a March 22 letter to President Joe Biden. “The whistleblower alleged that the company was deliberately exporting shrimp contaminated with antibiotics and engaging in forced labor practices.”

Lawyers for Choice Canning categorically denied any wrongdoing, including the claims about abusive labor practices and the illegal use of antibiotics. “The allegations that have been brought against our company are false and without merit,” a spokesperson for Choice Canning Company Inc. said in a statement.

“During our history we have maintained a spotless record with regulators and continue to exceed industry standards to ensure our products meet all certifications. Throughout our history we have dedicated significant resources to developing and adhering to comprehensive auditing processes and protocols as well as employee welfare programs.”

The company also cast Farinella as a disgruntled former employee who should not be believed because of his criminal past.

Farinella was convicted of a series of felony and misdemeanor crimes between 1999 and 2014 — a period when he says he was struggling with depression and substance abuse. The offenses included grand theft auto, burglary and identity theft.

“It was 10-plus years ago,” said Farinella, who is married with two stepchildren, ages 17 and 24. “That’s not who I am at this point in my life.”

Walmart and Aldi said in statements to NBC News that they were investigating Farinella’s claims and expect their suppliers to treat workers fairly. Wakefern Food Corporation, which owns ShopRite, referred to Choice Canning’s response to the allegations. HEB did not respond to requests for comment. 

“We expect suppliers to operate safe workplaces, take responsibility for the well-being of their workers, adhere to our forced labor prevention principles and to protect the integrity of the food we sell by complying with all FDA regulatory requirements and Walmart food safety standards,” a Walmart spokesperson said.

Americans love shrimp. It’s the most consumed type of seafood in the U.S, and nearly 40% of the imported crustaceans now comes from India — more than any other country.

Thailand was for a long time the largest exporter of shrimp to the U.S. But the industry was jolted by high rates of shrimp disease and repeated reports of forced labor. With Thailand’s shrimp business in crisis, India boosted production to meet global demand. 

A new report by the Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL), a Chicago-based advocacy group, suggests that Farinella’s allegations are part of a larger, systemic problem in the Indian shrimp industry.

The report was based on interviews with more than 150 workers and others in the country's shrimping sector.

The CAL report did not investigate Choice Canning, but found that shrimp operations in India often rely on forced labor and “dangerous and abusive working conditions” to “meet demands for ever-lower prices.” 

“In the processing sector, workers live in overcrowded and often unsanitary conditions under the careful surveillance of company guards,” reads the report. “They are rarely allowed to leave the premises.”

CAL also found that debt bondage — preventing workers from leaving a job until they have paid off a loan — is common. And shrimp production is also causing severe environmental damage, the report says. 

The report didn’t focus on food safety, but it does note that the Indian shrimp industry focuses on two national markets “with fewer regulations and less monitoring of imported shrimp: China and the U.S.”

While the European Union samples 50% of shrimp from India for antibiotic traces, the U.S. inspected just over 1% of shrimp imports in 2023, the FDA said. According to publicly available import refusal data from the FDA, the FDA refused 51 shipments of shrimp due to antibiotics last year and over 70% of them involved shrimp exported from India.  

“The minimal testing combined with the huge quantity of shrimp entering the United States means that there is a high risk of shrimp with traces of antibiotics entering the U.S. market from India,” the Corporate Accountability Lab report says. 

Shrimp farmers sometimes use antibiotics to reduce the spread of disease, but the practice is heavily restricted in many countries in part because eating contaminated shrimp could lead to increased resistance to antibiotics.

Farinella said his plant shipped out antibiotic-tainted shrimp “nearly half a dozen times” in the time he was there. Company leaders even had a code name for it, he said: Oscar.

In a WhatsApp text exchange cited in the whistleblower complaint and viewed by NBC News, Farinella wrote to an executive about a shipment of cooked shrimp for a U.S. grocer that he said tested positive for antibiotics. “Please use the word Oscar lol” the executive wrote.

“Oscar was the word when nobody wanted to see a message out there saying, ‘Hey, this shrimp is contaminated,’” Farinella said.

Choice Canning disputed Farinella’s characterization, saying the term Oscar is used to denote shrimp that had tested positive for antibiotics in an initial inspection, but negative in a subsequent, more precise one known as LCMSMS. 

“Cleared OSCAR products can only be exported after LCMSMS reports are negative and further time requires senior management approval for final shipments,” reads a policy document provided by Choice Canning.

Farinella said the processing plant itself was inspected by auditors from Best Aquaculture Practices, a group that ensures seafood is responsibly and sustainably sourced, but a substantial portion of the work was actually done at offsite peeling sheds with subpar standards of hygiene and sanitation. 

Workers in street clothes and sandals would peel shrimp in rooms exposed to the elements and without temperature control, Farinella said. 

Choice Canning said it only relied on an offsite peeling shed from January to February, and that it was used for shrimp bought by customers who purchase seafood that is not certified by Best Aquaculture Practices, or BAP. 

“Choice is not aware of any unsanitary conditions, and the shed has not been used since March 1, 2024,” the company said. A second shed was used by a “copacker,” and the shrimp processed there was not owned or sold by Choice, the company added.  

Farinella said he decided to speak out about what he experienced in the hope of forcing a reckoning on the shrimp industry. 

“I need a change to happen, and that will make this worth it,” he said. 

The Outlaw Ocean Project, which first publicly reported on Farinella’s complaint, shared reporting with NBC News for this investigation.

Kenzi Abou-Sabe is a reporter and producer in the NBC News Investigative Unit.

Alexandra Chaidez is an associate producer with the NBC News Investigative Unit

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