Gabon Discovers They Have Been Robbed For 18 Years, Their Reaction Broke The Internet

3 months ago
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When Gabon's president sat down to review their fishing agreement with Europe, nobody expected what he'd find. For 18 years, European fleets had been taking $64 million worth of tuna from Gabonese waters while paying just $2.6 million. That's barely 4% of the real value.
But here's the crazy part - most of these ships never even stopped at Gabonese ports. They caught the fish and shipped them straight to Europe. No jobs for locals. No processing facilities. Just pure extraction.

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