AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME IN THE GLOBAL FISHING INDUSTRY

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Transnational Organized Crime in the global fishing industry refers to a wide range of serious offences along the value chain of the marine fisheries sector

These include illegal fishing and other criminal offences such as: corruption, document fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, human trafficking, and even drug trafficking. These crimes are frequently transnational and organized and have severe adverse human rights, economic and fisheries management impacts.

A number of reports have been issued on this topic: