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The global fishing industry is not only stripping our environment, it is abusing workers too…
Many are aware of the adverse environmental effects, but what about the effects on humans–abuse by low to no pay, control through fear, false promises, coercion, etc. The US and Environmental Justice Foundation–EJF–estimates that 90+ percent of all workers on Thai boats are illegal migrant workers from Cambodia and Burma and many are treated as slave labor.
On January 30, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released more than 3.5 million pages of documents, alongside 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. After years of public pressure, the DOJ released the files, presenting the move as a step toward transparency under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Instead, survivors say the disclosure caused immediate harm. While the files
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