Shadow Ships and Double Deals
Some 100 people crowded around the Ambon fishing port, milling about, smoking or making calls on their cellphones, while still others came, carrying shopping bags. They sat in small groups, joking with one another, not far from the ships moored at the dock.
"They are crewmen from Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar," said Tina, owner of a food stall at the harbor area. In the past, she said, the men often got into fights, but "now that the money's gone, they get along."
February 24, 2015
Some 100 people crowded around the Ambon fishing port, milling about, smoking or making calls on their cellphones, while still others came, carrying shopping bags. They sat in small groups, joking with one another, not far from the ships moored at the dock.
"They are crewmen from Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar," said Tina, owner of a food stall at the harbor area. In the past, she said, the men often got into fights, but "now that the money's gone, th
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