The TV channel Al Jazeera is screening a two-part investigation which identifies and expose some of those involved in the multi-million dollar trade and to look in particular at its consequences for the impoverished West African nation of Sierra Leone.
In part one of Pirate Fishing reporter Juliana Ruhfus and producer Orlando von Einsiedel take to the seas off Sierra Leone with an NGO, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), which has been trying to raise awareness about the issue. See part one here.
Part two of the film will be shown on AL Jazeera tonight and available online shortly after.