Inside an Asian slave labor exposé

Kristen Hare interviews Martha Mendoza about her Associated Press team's stories on slave labor on southeast Asian fishing boats, including her visit to a tiny Indonesian island: "After a few days, we were able to talk to dozens of fisherman, most from Myanmar. The level of desperation was staggering. Some were locked in a cage because they had asked to go home. A jungle-covered company graveyard held the bodies of more than 60 fishermen, most buried under fake names."

April 5, 2016

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