The Deadline
Travelling aboard a Greenpeace ship along the West Coast of Africa The Deadline unravels a multi-billion dollar pirate fishing scam. Hidden far out at sea and without surveillance, fish are caught by unhygienic unlicensed rusting trawlers using slave labor. Set within a high seas drama this catch is then smuggled back to port in official European Union boxes through the Canary Islands for Westerner's dinner plates with no one the wiser it has been stolen from the poorest people on the planet.
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The Deadline
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 1, 2008
Runtime
0h 52m
Genres
Thriller, Documentary
Original Title
The Deadline
Production Companies
Wishbone Productions
Director
Phil Stebbing
Description
Travelling aboard a Greenpeace ship along the West Coast of Africa The Deadline unravels a multi-billion dollar pirate fishing scam. Hidden far out at sea and without surveillance, fish are caught by unhygienic unlicensed rusting trawlers using slave labor. Set within a high seas drama this catch is then smuggled back to port in official European Union boxes through the Canary Islands for Westerner's dinner plates with no one the wiser it has been stolen from the poorest people on the planet.
