Safe Harbor: Port Prevalence in Cases of Forced Labor in Fishing

Date of Publication

2020 12:00 AM

Security Theme

Human Rights

Keywords

Human Rights, forced labor, forced labor in fishing vessels, anti-trafficking, Taiwan, Singapore, China, South Africa

Description

Using 59 cases from the C4ADS Forced Labor Case Database, this analysis finds that between 2015 and 2020, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and South Africa were the most common port states visited by fishing vessels using forced labor, while Kaohsiung, Singapore, and Cape Town were the individual ports most frequently visited by fishing vessels using forced labor. Port states, and stakeholders around the world, have the opportunity to maximize anti-trafficking resources by identifying and disrupting forced labor and its supporting mechanisms at these key ports.

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Safe Harbor: Port Prevalence in Cases of Forced Labor in Fishing

Using 59 cases from the C4ADS Forced Labor Case Database, this analysis finds that between 2015 and 2020, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and South Africa were the most common port states visited by fishing vessels using forced labor, while Kaohsiung, Singapore, and Cape Town were the individual ports most frequently visited by fishing vessels using forced labor. Port states, and stakeholders around the world, have the opportunity to maximize anti-trafficking resources by identifying and disrupting forced labor and its supporting mechanisms at these key ports.