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Thai and Burmese fishing boat workers sit behind bars inside a cell at the compound of a fishing company in Benjina, Indonesia, Nov. 22, 2014.

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Kyaw Naing, a slave from Myanmar, looks through the bars of a cell at the compound of a fishing company in Benjina, Indonesia, Nov. 27, 2014. Kyaw Naing has since returned home to Myanmar.

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Maung Soe of Myanmar holds up a copy of the seafarer's book given to him before he boarded a Thai fishing trawler, in Benjina, Indonesia, Nov. 27, 2014.

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Workers in Benjina, Indonesia, load fish into a cargo ship bound for Thailand, Nov. 22, 2014.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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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.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Recently rescued Burmese fishermen sit on the floor while waiting for registration upon their arrival in Tual, Indonesia, Saturday, April 4, 2015.

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Rescued Burmese fishermen raise their hands as they are asked who among them wants to go home at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, April 3, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Burmese fishermen wait for their departure to leave the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, Friday, April 3, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Burmese fishermen hug each other as they wait for their departure to leave the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, Friday, April 3, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Burmese fishermen rescued after the first story detailing the AP investigation smile on their boat upon arrival in Tual, Indonesia, April 4, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Burmese fishermen, waiting for their turn to be flown to their home country, rest at a temporary shelter in Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia, Sept. 9, 2015.

AP Photo / ACHMAD IBRAHIM

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Former slave-fisherman Tun Lin is seen at a transit center in Yangon, Myanmar, Sept. 6, 2015.

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Burmese fishermen queue up to board a plane at Pattimura Airport as they leave the port town of Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia, Sept. 8, 2015.

AP Photo / ACHMAD IBRAHIM

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Maluku province, Indonesia, Sept. 8, 2015. Ko Lay was tricked into working on a fishing boat by traffickers and had been in Indonesia for more than a year when he was rescued.

AP Photo / ACHMAD IBRAHIM

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A Burmese fisherman, center, is embraced by a friend as he leaves the port town of Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia, Sept. 8, 2015.

AP Photo / ACHMAD IBRAHIM

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Myint Naing waves as he carries his bag at a bus station in Yangon, Myanmar, as he makes the journey home to Mon State, May 15, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Former slave fisherman Myint Naing, carries his bag as he leaves a government hostel to make the trip home to his village in Mon State, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Myint Naing arrives at Myanmar's international airport in Yangon, Myanmar, May 14, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Myint Naing, center, and sister Mawli Than, left, are overcome with emotion as they are reunited after 22 years at their village in Mon State, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

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Myint Naing and his mother, Khin Than, cry as they are reunited after 22 years at their village in Mon State, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

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Former slave fisherman Myint Naing, left, is embraced by his mother Khin Than, second left, as his sister Mawli Than, right, is overcome with emotion after they were reunited after 22 years in their village in Mon State, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Mawli Than, left, sister of former slave fisherman Myint Naing, right, pours water over Myint in Mon State, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Khin Than, center, is attended to after she fainted during a reunion in Mon State, Myanmar with her son Myint Naing, May 16, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Myint Naing prays following his return to his village in Mon state, Myanmar, May 16, 2015.

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Former slave fisherman Myint Naing, center, hugs his niece Kyi Wai Hnin, right, and nephew Kyaw Min Tun following his return to his village in Mon State, Myanmar on May 16, 2015.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Former Burmese slave fishermen Kaung Htet Wai, left, and Lin Lin, second left, point to a satellite image of a refrigerated cargo ship owned by Silver Sea Fishery Co., in waters off Papua New Guinea, while looking at a laptop screen at their home in Yangon, Myanmar, July 1, 2015. They said they were among the forced laborers loading slave-caught fish from their trawlers onto the Thai-owned vessel. They say hundreds of fisherman remain trapped at sea.

AP Photo / Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Two fishing trawlers load slave-caught fish onto the Silver Sea 2, center, a refrigerated cargo ship belonging to the Thai-owned Silver Sea Fishery Co., off the coast of Papua New Guinea, in this July 14, 2015, satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe.

AP Photo / DigitalGlobe

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Indonesian officers guard a Thai-owned cargo ship Silver Sea 2 anchored off an Indonesian Navy base in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015.

AP Photo / Binsar Bakkara

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An Indonesian officer guards a Thai-owned cargo ship Silver Sea 2 anchored off an Indonesian Navy base in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015.

AP Photo / Binsar Bakkara

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Indonesian officials question foreign fishermen during an inspection in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, Friday, April 3, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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An Indonesian official inspects a cell at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources fishing company in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, Thursday, April 2, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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A Thai official takes pictures of the graves of foreign fishermen at a cemetery in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, April 1, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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Thai officials inspect the graves of foreign fishermen at a graveyard in Benjina, Aru Islands, Indonesia, April 1, 2015.

AP Photo / Dita Alangkara

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