Ⅴ. NHRC Recommendations︱ • Strengthening brokerage management to prevent double-exploitation In addition to FOCs being owned by Taiwanese nationals, Taiwanese brokers have also been accused of recruiting foreign fishermen for FOCs or even foreign-flagged fishing vessels. The labor contracts they drew up were in effect for indentured servitude. Poor management or inadequate supervision of transnational labor brokerage means that unscrupulous brokers are given free rein to engage in exploitative labor practices. More than fifty brokers involved in the overseas employment of fishermen are supervised by the FA. There are however significant shortfalls in its management regulations compared to the brokers governed by the Ministry of Labor under the Employment Services Act. Brokerage for overseas employment of fishermen is far more complex than domestic employment. The broker might be responsible for fishermen management, local training, and disbursement simultaneously leading to a blurring in responsibilities between the employer and the broker. So-called “sponsors” (brokers) in the source countries of fishermen as well as license-sharing by one-man agencies in Taiwan are all problems that require rigorous 093