Tyson Foods did not respond to 13News’ request for comment Wednesday. Attorney General Todd Rokita says the company has until Dec. 4 to respond to his office.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana attorney general is demanding information from companies that he suspects of engaging in human labor trafficking. One of the targets of Todd Rokita’s investigation is Tyson Foods in Logansport.
Rokita has sent legal notices to at least seven organizations that are called civil investigative demands — or “CID.”
Rokita said his office believes that Tyson Foods may have information relevant to an investigation concerning human labor trafficking. His office also sent CIDs to Berry Global Group Inc, a plastics company in Evansville; the Cass County Health Department; Logansport Community School Corporation; Tent Partnership for Refugees, which partners with companies to put refugees to work in their relocated countries; God is Good, a ministry in Evansville; and Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation.
“What we suspect is that businesses, …