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last updated:

18th Apr 13

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Organised crime

The main motive for illegal fishing, as with all types of environmental crime, is financial gain. Whilst much of this is illegal activity is undertaken on a small scale, there are many well-documented examples of the involvement of much larger interests.

This larger-scale criminal activity is characterised by organised networks, money (or product) laundering, corruption and the exploitation of poorer communities. Specifically, large-scale illegal fishing involves transshipment of catches to conceal the origins, repeated re-flagging of vessels to avoid detection, bribing officials to turn a blind eye, and mislabelling products either because they were caught illegally or in order to pass off a cheaper product as a more expensive product.

Given the international nature of organised, large-scale illegal fishing, collaboration between governments and regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) and international organisation is essential in order to tackle the problem. Those trying to combat large-scale IUU fishing may be able to learn lessons from initiatives adopted to tackle illegal logging and the illegal trade in ozone-depleting substances.


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Transnational Organized Crime in the Fishing Industry

03/04/2011

The fishing industry is a large economic activity, conducted on a global scale. It provides work opportunity and food supply for billions of people. T ...

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Environmental Crime - a Threat to our Future

10/10/2008

The authors set out how organised environmental crime poses a growing threat, yet remains a low priority for the enforcement community. This report sh ...

Author: Envrionmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
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7th International Forum on IUU Fishing

02/02/2012

This is the 7th in a series of international forums on Illegal, Unreported and unregulated (IUU) Fishing held at Chatham House on 2-3 february 2012. T
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Expert consultation on the use of the Convention for combating emerging forms of crime

18/10/2010

The expert consultation is part of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and will addre
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The Growth and Control of International Environmental Crime

10/12/2007

A Chatham House workshop held on 10-11 December 2007, aimed at analysing the successes and failures of efforts to tackle environmental crime, in order
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24/02/2012

Fishing skippers and factory fined nearly £1m for illegal catches

Author: The Guardian

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10/02/2012

The Seventh Chatham House Forum on IUU Fishing

Author: Seafish

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14/03/2011

New Filipino players in illegal fishing in Indonesia emerge

Author: Edith Regalado, PhilStar

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22/02/2011

Illegal fishing opinion published

Author: World Fishing

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08/06/2010

Caviar gangs dish up illegal roe to bypass authorised importers

Author: Pesca2.com

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18/03/2010

Caviar hunters push sturgeon to ’extinction’s edge’

Author: The Vancouver Sun, Canada

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17/02/2010

Authorities crack illegal seafood, drug operation

Author: ABC News, Australia

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01/11/2009

Rare B.C. abalone easy pickings for unscrupulous poachers

Author: The Vancouver Sun, Canada

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30/10/2009

Fisheries and Oceans Canada: A three year multi-country DFO investigation around threatened northern abalone concludes successfully

Author: Benzinga, Canada

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09/09/2009

‘Bantay-Dagat’ leader, nephew slain in Batangas

Author: ABS-CBN News

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27/08/2009

Indonesia asks Australia to sink vessels poaching sharks

Author: Bernama, Malaysia

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20/07/2009

Indonesian mafia boats fishing in our waters

Author: Northern Territory News, Australia

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27/06/2009

Out of Africa ... UQ law researchers to investigate environmental crime and corruption in Tanzania

Author: University of Queensland, Australia

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23/03/2009

Illegal fishing on the rise due to poor funding

Author: Daily Nation, Kenya

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06/01/2009

The two piracies in Somalia: why the world ignores the other

Author: Somali Press Review

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10/12/2008

Illegal seafood sales are now epidemic

Author: Capital City Weekly, Alaska

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10/12/2008

Environmental crimes - A walk on the wild side

Author: Ethical Corporation

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12/09/2008

Mexican "fishing mafia" tagged for three illegal catches

Author: Sport Fishing, US

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08/09/2008

A day for all, especially the sea creatures

Author: Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand

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02/09/2008

Costal management fund in the black

Author: IOL, South Africa

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29/08/2008

Poached perlemoen costs SA R1,2bn

Author: IOL, South Africa

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29/08/2008

FBI raids Global Fishing

Author: The Seattle Times

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20/08/2008

Oceana exposes galician connections between cocaine, illegal fishing and shark catches

Author: Oceana

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17/08/2008

Frozen fish narcotics export ring busted in Montevideo port

Author: Mercopress

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08/08/2008

Globalization is destroying the world's oceans

Author: Free Internet Press, from an article in 'Spiegel Online'

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05/08/2008

Costa Rica proposes new shark finning law

Author: Costa Rica Pages (blog)

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04/08/2008

Wide net cast for mob poachers

Author: The Age, Australia

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02/08/2008

Cambodia seeks FBI help in journalist murder probe

Author: International Herald Tribune

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29/07/2008

Paraaque to tightly guard coastal areas vs drug smuggling

Author: Inquirer.net, Philippines

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29/07/2008

Guinea-Bissau: Fishermen turn to trafficking as fish profits drop

Author: IRIN, Africa

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24/07/2008

State forensic specialists probe mysteries of wildlife

Author: Capitol Weekly, California

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23/07/2008

The only man Somali pirates trust

Author: The National, UAE

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17/07/2008

The most dangerous seas in the world

Author: The Economist

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01/07/2008

Rodrigues sea cucumber plunder

Author: Mataba News Network

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02/06/2008

Bike gangs not linked to fishing industry: police

Author: ABC News Online

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28/05/2008

More early-morning paua poaching raids

Author: The Dominion Post, New Zealand

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28/05/2008

Paua industry applauds the capture of crime ring

Author: Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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27/05/2008

Australia links organised crime to illegal fishing

Author: Reuters, featured on Planet Ark

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27/05/2008

Vice mayors murder case solved soon - investigators

Author: GMA News, Philippines

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27/05/2008

Report reveals fishing industry crime

Author: ABC Wide Bay, Queensland

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27/05/2008

Fishery officers smash major paua poaching ring

Author: Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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24/05/2008

P100T reward up for Rojas murderer

Author: Sun Star Iloilo, Philippines

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15/05/2008

Syndicates, firearms and cash: Abalone poaching out of control on Far South Coast

Author: Magnet, Australia

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17/04/2008

Arctic pollock facing threats - report

Author: Green Consumer Guide

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29/03/2008

5-year ban on sturgeon fishing proposed

Author: Chicago Tribune

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22/03/2008

Modern Mafia operates at every level of Italian society

Author: The Independent, UK

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29/01/2008

Turf war hurting fisheries: report

Author: The Canberra Times

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02/10/2007

IMO to tackle coastal piracy

Author: Open sources Information (OSINFO)

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26/06/2007

Fight against illegal catching gaining ground

Author: Fishupdate.com

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07/06/2007

Illegal fishing – Slipping through the governance net

Author: Ethical Corporation

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30/04/2007

UK backs fishing boat database & tracking system to net pirate fishermen

Author: PublicTechnology.net

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The Growth and Control of International Environmental Crime

31/03/2008


Author:

Duncan Brack, Chatham House

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