Police Recover 1.5 Tonnes of Contraband Eels After International Investigation
The Independent | May 14, 2023
Police have seized 1.5 tonnes of contraband eels in an almost two-year long international investigation into fraudulent exports.
Twenty-seven people were arrested after authorities discovered that four tonnes of eels had been fraudulently exported between 2021 and 2023 for a profit estimated at more than €1m.
Suspects in Spain, France, Belgium, and Portugal were arrested after a cooperative investigation by authorities from France, Spain, Europol, Eurojust and the European Anti-Fraud Office.
The European eel is classified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, meaning that its fishing is regulated and subject to strict quotas.
I find an eel in my immediate vicinity, it is going to stay on the critically endangered list.
Whatever you do..do NOT click on ‘News from Bhutan’.
In other words, do not click on that Bhutan.
“Mijn hovercraft zit vol met bedreigde palingen.”
Your hovercraft did what to Sara Palin?
“Endangered how? I’m a safe driver…” Some Shady Belgian Bloke
I remember a friend of mine was telling me that the eels were running in the Hudson river, so his family would be fishing all weekend. I told him to never invite me to dinner.
Smoked is the only way to have eels and on saltine crackers..
Did they find all those eels in a hovercraft? 🤔