Where Outlaws Roam – Gruesome Murders On the Indian Ocean
Human rights and environmental crimes are committed with impunity on the open seas, where 50 million people work. The Outlaw Ocean Project, founded by award-winning investigative journalist Ian Urbina, is dedicated to reporting on these crimes and on the experiences of maritime workers.
In the first of a series of documentaries, Urbina reports on the video-recorded murder of the occupants of an East African fishing dhow by the captain and crew of a Taiwanese-registered fishing vessel which was part of fishing fleet known for aggressive behaviour towards smaller artisanal boats.
And Urbina explains the motivation behind the documentary series here »
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17 April 2023
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Four men desperately cling to wreckage, somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Shots ring out. The men are gunned down, methodically, one by one. There are witnesses to their slaughter, yet like 99 percent of murders that occur in international waters, the crime goes unreported. When the footage finally surfaces on a cellphone, abandoned in a taxi, no government is willing to investigate.
In the first of a series on this lawless environment, Ian Urbina,
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Africa:
Free For All On the World's Oceans
The Outlaw Ocean Project, 17 April 2023
The award-winning investigative journalist Ian Urbina explains the video documentary series on human rights and environmental crimes committed on the oceans. Documentaries on… Read more »
A series of video documentaries produced by the The Outlaw Ocean Project. Full credits can be viewed at the end of each video..
