Thailand Arrests 2 Alleged Kingpin Brokers Who Sent Slaves to Fishing Boats
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] By Thanyarat Dokosone - July 1, 2015 -
BANGKOK, Two Thai men described as key figures in a human trafficking ring that provides slave crews for fishing boats were arrested, officials said Wednesday, as new regulations aimed at cracking down on illegal fishing took effect.
The two suspects were the latest to be arrested following an Associated Press investigation into slavery in Southeast Asia's fishing industry.
The middlemen would approach men who looked poor and ask them if they wanted jobs and then take them to a shelter where they were sometimes drugged or given alcohol to keep quiet — and then sold to boat owners for 30,000 baht ($900) per person. The laborers were then taken without their consent to fishing boats near Ambon island in Indonesia.
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