Vannak Anan Prum traces his fingers along the dark tattoos self-etched into his skin, markings of his life as a fisherman on the high seas.
The designs of a centipede, tiger and scorpion are worn but still testaments to his artistic skill.
Thirteen years ago, too poor to pay his pregnant wife's hospital bill, he began looking for work on the Cambodian border with Thailand. It was there he was kidnapped, detained, and sold into slavery on a fishing boat.