Labor of Loss
From the open waters of Southeast Asia’s notorious fishing industry to Malaysia’s sprawling palm oil plantations, this series puts human trafficking and labor exploitation in Asia under the microscope. Millions of people are estimated to be trafficked in Asia each year, caught up in complex web of supply chains that stretch across the globe and keep millions of others fed, clothed and housed. Exploitation is deeply entrenched… but is change possible, and what does it look like? Find out in this new series.
Labor of Loss
Episode 1: The Catch
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Season 1
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Episode 1
In the first episode we head out to sea and find out what life is like for migrant fishermen. We meet Indonesian fisherman Ari and a South Korea-based lawyer named JC Kim. They didn’t know it, but they were looking for each other for years – and their meeting created a spark for policy change that could transform the way the industry works.
Labor of Loss is brought you by the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of its USAID Asia CTIP project.