A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish was being held by the Indonesian navy on Friday.
The Thai-owned Silver Sea 2 was seized and brought to shore on Thursday after The Associated Press informed authorities it had entered the country's waters.
The ship was located late on Wednesday and escorted about 80 miles (130 kilometres) to a naval base in Sabang on the Indonesian archipelago's northwestern tip, according to local naval authorities.
The AP used a satellite beacon signal to trace its path from Papua New Guinea waters, where it was also being sought, into neighbouring Indonesia.
The navy then spent a week trying to catch it.
The ship was close to leaving Indonesian waters by the time it was finally seized.
The Silver Sea 2 is the same 2,285-ton vessel captured in a high-resolution satellite photo last month in Papua New Guinea showing its hold open and two fishing trawlers tethered to each side, loading fish.
Analysts identified the smaller trawlers as among those that fled the remote Indonesian island village of Benjina earlier this year, crewed by enslaved men from poor Southeast Asian countries who are routinely beaten and forced to work nearly non stop with little or no pay.
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