Why is it so difficult to stamp out seafood slavery? There is little justice, even in court
- Written by Sallie Yea, Associate professor & Principal Research Fellow, La Trobe University

Each year, thousands of men and boys labour under extremely exploitative conditions on commercial fishing vessels owned by Taiwanese, Chinese and South Korean companies.
The Taiwanese fleet, which operates in all reaches of the globe, is alone estimated to have around 100,000 foreign fishers in its crew, mainly from Indonesia, the...