Fine dining at the Hornsey Hanoi Hilton....
Some of you may have read the Guardian article a few weeks ago detailing the story of a Vietnamese cannabis farmer. This is a truly tragic tale of enslavement, human trafficking and child abuse (see link at the bottom). The following photos are from a Cannabis factory on the northern borders of Crouch End - post raid. Most of the electrical equipment has been removed, sadly a good deal of it after the arrests – scavenged and poached probably destined for a similar facility. However, what remains is the degradation, squalor and shocking sanitary conditions. The (only) washing/toilet area and makeshift kitchen would easily give Trainspotting a run for its money. Tubing hangs lifeless from the ceiling where machinery was once attached and the stench even though the plants are long gone is overwhelming.
The only functioning washing area and Toilet.....
While the Guardian successfully documents the unimaginable suffering of this child worker’s existence these photographs give you insight in to the conditions he would have been subject to. There is no way of knowing if the workers in this particular facility were there against their will but it’s safe to say if they had options it probably wouldn’t be a chosen profession.
So if you partake regularly or on an occasional basis in such products spare a thought for those with least to gain in this industry. Your product is most likely not fair trade or ethically produced and may well have come from a similar operation.
No Windows.... No Natural light..... and extremely short on hope.....
Guardian article - Trafficked, beaten and enslaved - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/31/trafficked-beaten-ensaved-life-of-cannabis-farmer-vietnam
Hornsey Police drugs bust tweet https://twitter.com/MPSHornsey/status/951418537142255617