Governments must seize on satellite tech in fisheries forced labour fight
Governments must seize on satellite tech in fisheries forced labour fight 23 Dec 2020 Press Release Fisheries representatives from the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), a global voice for the world’s millions of fishers, say that a new study from US-based researchers using satellite data helps reveal both the extent of labour violations in the industry, and how law enforcement can use technology to crack down on modern slavery and human trafficking on ships. Rossen Karavatchev, the ITF’s Fisheries Section Coordinator, said that while the ITF was not s...
Source: itfglobal.org