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Ex-captain Stephen Gudgeon said he was once held at gunpoint after refusing to hand over cigarettes at a port in Asia.

Cecilia Muller Torbrand, the head of the MACN, said experiences as intimidating as Mr Gudgeon's were uncommon but that the shipping industry was "quite exposed to corruption risks", and that the number of incidents reported would be "the tip of the iceberg".

Mr Gudgeon added that some crew are too afraid to report incidents because they are on contracts and fear they will be blacklisted and unable to get another job.

Gudgeon says he thinks that those who offer some form of conversion therapy often believe they are trying to help youth struggling with their identity.

The group is hoping to find a home for a memorial it houses from the USS Gudgeon, which fought in World War II before it was lost in June 1944.