India:A Growing Goliath in Shrimp
The True Price of a Cheap Appetizer
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Reporting from the last untamed frontier
Major Investigations
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The Whistleblower
Indian Shrimp Rife with Bondage, Hazards, and Stolen Wages
Researchers Point to Flaws in Audit Industry
The Rise of All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp
Lax FDA Enforcement Lets Unsafe Shrimp Reach Shelves
“The Whistleblower and the Shrimp”
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Documents
China:The Superpower of Seafood
At sea and on land, the country dominates, but with what environmental and human cost?
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Libya:The Invisible Wall
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores.
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Audio Reporting
Audio Series
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast
Relying on more than eight years of reporting at sea on all seven oceans and more than three dozen countries, The Outlaw Ocean is an immersive seven-part audio series.
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Traditional Reporting
Subsidizing China’s Fishing Fleet
No other country comes close in the size of China's fishing armada, but the dominance and reach of this fleet raises broader questions about how, why and at what cost China has put so many boats on the water.
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Short Film SeriesDispatches from
Dispatches from
The Outlaw Ocean
This 10-part short film series chronicles a gritty cast of characters including traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, shackled slaves and vigilante conservationists.
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Purgatory at Sea
Off the coast of Italy, cruise ships are being repurposed as holding pens for migrants rescued from the Mediterranean.
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The Smell of Money
In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price.
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The Deadly Secret of China’s Invisible Armada
Desperate North Korean fishermen are washing ashore as skeletons because of the world’s largest illegal fleet.
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