[75] Indonesian fishermen who spent [three] months stranded in Cape Town's harbour...have been taken ashore...after being stuck at sea for years without pay...Some of the men say they were recruited by agents in Jakarta with promises of earning up to $200 a day...But once on board they were forced to work...with little food and no pay...Many...did not want to give their names for fear of repercussions from the recruitment agents...Cassiem Augustus, a ship inspector for the International Transport Workers' Federation, said the trawlers were like "floating shanties". "This is a blatant case of abuse and human trafficking...they...[drank] out of a tap used to pump oil one day and water the next...[t]he conditions were inhumane. None of these men have been paid a cent, despite working 20 hour days. It's slavery at sea."... Maritime lawyer Alan Goldberg...has applied for the vessels to be auctioned on behalf of the crew...