Police investigate claims of slavery in UK fishing fleet

Police are investigating allegations of human trafficking and slavery in parts of Britain's fishing fleet. It is understood that among the claims are allegations that foreign fishermen suffering from exhaustion and malnutrition on UK-owned boats have leapt into the sea off the coast of Britain to escape abusive treatment on board.

Details of the inquiry emerged after a man alleged that he was forced to continue working on a British prawn trawler despite having part of his finger ripped off in an accident.

Henry Mahinay, 56, said that he kept working without painkillers and only rudimentary medical treatment as blood streamed down his arm before he was abandoned on the quayside of a Scottish port more than five hours later.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-investigate-claims-of-slavery-in-uk-fishing-fleet-9877879.html

WOULDN'T really surprise me with that semi-regulated fishing industry that you have across much of Britain, Europe and Russia...

ANY fishing or prawn trawler captains that are still practicing slavery among their crews today, are more than likely simply carrying-on the age old "family business", same as back when such unconscionable behaviour was still legal, some two or three centuries ago..

Explain semi-regulated.

In the US we have laws about how workers are treated, regardless of at sea or on-shore. OSHA stands for Occupational Safety and Health Administration:

Google wrote:OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal organization (part of the Department of Labor) that ensures safe and healthy working conditions for Americans by enforcing standards and providing workplace safety training.

Y'all might look into that as soon as Labour is back in.