Taiwanese firm in court over trafficking fishermen to Africa

3 April 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Human trafficking / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Law and judiciary / Social development
Africa / Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies / Giant Ocean International Fishing Co / Ministry of Labor / Phnom Penh Municipal Court

A Taiwanese woman and five associates charged with trafficking Cambodians to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off the coast of Africa had their case heard by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. Lin Yu Shin, the 54-year-old owner of the now defunct Giant Ocean International Fishing Co. was arrested in May last year after a string of complaints from duped fishermen returning from Africa to Cambodia. … A number of former Giant Ocean recruits and their families attended the hearing Wednesday and spoke outside the courthouse of how they were tricked into being trafficked by Giant Ocean, which was registered with the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies. … NGOs estimated that Giant Ocean might have trafficked more than 1,000 Cambodians before being shut down by the Labor Ministry in 2012. …

 Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taiwanese-firm-in-court-over-trafficking-fishermen-to-africa-55673/