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Business Daily: Corruption at port

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Corruption at port

18/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Corruption at port

What do seafarers have to go through to get our goods to us across the oceans?

Corruption at port can often put seafarers in an impossible position. We find out how widespread the problem is, and what regulators are doing to stop it.

It’s estimated that 90% of traded goods travel over the oceans. But for the seafarers who make that happen, it’s not always an easy process. 
 
Thousands of incidents of corruption within the industry have been reported to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network, who in this episode, tell Ruth Alexander what they’re doing to help the problem. 
 
Seafarers can often be put in an impossible position, and one former captain tells us how he was arrested at gunpoint after refusing to hand over a carton of cigarettes to officials.

(Picture: A bird's eye view of a container ship at sea. Credit: Getty Images)

Presenter: Ruth Alexander
Producer: Izzy Greenfield

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