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Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas

25 mins | Sep 18, 2019
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From bullying to sexual assault - horrors repeatedly befell this hapless crew. Published in The Guardian, this edited extract tells the story of the Oyang fleet. Which is also a story about entrapment. Why did men take these jobs? Once they saw how bad the conditions were, why didn’t they flee immediately? Ian Urbina challenges these questions as he recounts the tale.

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