International fraud: $4bn tuna black market

Each year, thousands of tonnes of fish have been illegally caught and traded, according to Looting the Seas, ICIJ’s seven-month team investigation which reached into 10 countries.

The rapid demise of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna, the source of prized sushi around the world, is due to a $4 billion (€2.8 billion) black market and a decade of rampant fraud and lack of official oversight, according to a new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

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