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05/26/2008: "Organised crime 'behind illegal fishing'"

ORGANISED crime groups around the world and even motorcycle gangs are becoming involved in illegal fishing, lured mainly by demand from China for prized fish species, a study by Australian crime experts said.

The groups from China, Australia, Russia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Japan have all been linked to illegal fishing, with fish stocks either sold illegally or used to launder money, the Australian Institute of Criminology said.

[ Organized crime faces little opposition.]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23759816-5003402,00.html