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Apparently a large number of Thai are enslaved on fishing boats, being worked to death. Large portion US fish is being fished by Thai/vitetnamise children.
by dominotw 9y ago
Apparently a large number of Thai are enslaved on fishing boats, being worked to death. Large portion US fish is being fished by Thai/vitetnamise children.
- curun1r 9y agoClose, but the slaves are primarily Cambodian and Myanmarese who flee to Thailand and end up on those fishing vessels. There was a great series of nautical-themed long-form journalism by the NYT a few years ago and one of the stories [0] dealt specifically with this. It's a tough, but great read, as are the other stories from the series. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/world/outlaw-ocean-thailand-fishing-sea-slaves-pets.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/world/outlaw-ocean-thaila...
- TangoTrotFox 9y agoMalaysia is also heavily involved in seafood slavery. That case was made particularly egregious when the last administration wanted to get the TPP trade agreement passed. Malaysia's rating, on human trafficking and slavery, was upgraded exclusively to allow them to participate even though they had made absolutely no progress on the issue whatsoever.
- rubzah 9y agoItaly runs actual slave plantations using migrants. There have been a few cases that made it to public perception recently. Not that it gets discussed much...