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As China’s global fishing net widens, artisanal fishermen off the coast of Ghana see their catches plummet and go to bed hungry

When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Bright Tsai Kweku has seen it all. He has seen Chinese crew treating local fishermen like “slaves”, he says. “They beat them, they spit on them, they kick them,” Mr Kweku says. “I have been through that…

Ghanaian fishermen have told the BBC of widespread abuse on Chinese fishing vessels.

“I did not rape anybody. I don't rape. I have never raped. And I will never rape….”