Through local partnerships and legal loopholes, China is dominating not just the high seas—but also the national waters of poorer nations.
Ian Urbina
Urbina is the director of The Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-profit journalism organization that produces investigative stories about human rights, environment and labor concerns on the two thirds of the planet covered by water.
From forced labor in fish plants in China to concerns about shrimp plants in India, the global supply of seafood is deeply compromised.
Behind the scenes of an investigation into North Koreans working in China seafood plant.
How Ian Urbina and an international team of reporters at sea and on land conducted a four-year investigation of the global seafood industry.
Ian Urbina explains how the EU is trying to stem the flow of migrants by creating a shadow immigration system.
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In this episode we accompany Ian Urbina on a routine maritime border patrol which rapidly takes a turn for the worse.
A woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy is determined by which side of a state or country’s border she stands on. For over 20 years, one woman has taken advantage of the legal loophole provided by the legal murkiness of international waters to administer abortions to women otherwise left without options.
It is estimated that over 100 dead bodies wash up on Japan’s shores each year. Almost all of them are North Korean fishermen.
Gambia, like many of its West African neighbors, has embraced the lucrative production of fishmeal. But how does this affect our oceans?
The deep ocean floor is our planet’s final frontier. It is also the most hostile environment on Earth.
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Accidental oil spills make big news. But every 3 years ships intentionally dump more oil than the Exxon Valdez and BP spills combined.
Welcome to Sealand, a rogue micronation founded by a quixotic adventurer on an abandoned anti-aircraft platform in 1967.
Our oceans are running out of fish. As a result, captains increasingly turn to trafficked, debt-bonded and forced labor to make ends meet.
A gruesome video turns up on a cell phone. Four men desperately cling to wreckage, somewhere in the high seas. Shots ring out.
Ian Urbina on a new documentary series that reveals the untold story of the oceans
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