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It’ll be tough work but only for a few life in the South-east Asian fishing Mr Harré is a barrister at LawAid months, but the money will be worth the sacrifice.” industry and the lack of political will International Chambers, which was To a person of little education from an impoverished to change it. founded by Craig Tuck and is also village, this sounds like a dream come true. Thomas Harré’s focus was on how based in Tauranga. But in reality it is more like the beginning of a long transnational criminal law relates to “Getting to know Craig and doing nightmare. the human trafficking of fishermen my Masters led me to the conclu- “The companies will send a representative who will in South-east Asia. sion that exploitation of vulnerable bring these Cambodian men to Thailand, often illegally; How it came about is an interest- workers such as the Indonesian that is, they’ll be crossing the border without the appro- ing tale that took him to parts of the fishermen was not just happening priate paper work and visas.