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Thailand iris scanning effort to combat slave labor in fishing

The country's government says it has scanned the irises of 70,000 workers in its fishing industry to make sure they are on the right boats

By Undercurrent News | Feb. 16, 2018 14:33 GMT
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Thailand has been using optical scanning technology on workers in its fishing industry since October to help it combat slave labor and human trafficking, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports [...]

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