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Thai-owned cargo ship Silver Sea 2 is anchored off an Indonesian Navy base in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish was seized by Indonesia's navy and brought to shore after The Associated Press informed authorities that it had entered the country's waters, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Syahrul Rizal)

Indonesia navy nabs cargo ship loaded with slave-caught fish

By Margie Mason - Associated Press

Burmese fishermen arrive at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources to report themselves for departure to leave the fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, Friday, April 3, 2015. Hundreds of foreign fishermen on Friday rushed at the chance to be rescued from the isolated island where an Associated Press report revealed slavery runs rampant in the industry. Indonesian officials investigating abuses offered to take them out of concern for the men's safety. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Hundreds of fishermen rescued amid Indonesian slavery probe

By Robin McDowell and Margie Mason - Associated Press

In this Nov. 26, 2014, image from video, slaves from Myanmar lean over the deck of their fishing trawler at the port in Benjina, Indonesia. "I want to go home. We all do," one man called out in Burmese, a cry repeated by others. "Our parents haven't heard from us for a long time. I'm sure they think we are dead." (Associated Press/APTN)

Slavery taints global supply of seafood: AP investigation

By Robin McDowell, Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press