Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… ts.ICCAT established the first country quotas in 1998, just as Spanish and Croatian fishmongers revolutionized the industry by setting up what were called …"

"… technical support to set up the cages and test the quality of the fish. In Croatia, Mitsubishi underwrote loans for its trading partners.Ranching forever cha …"

"… ination.One ranch attracting attention from authorities is Drvenik Tuna, a Croatian facility co-owned by the Cartagena, Spain-based Ricardo Fuentes & Son …"

"… sh were illegally underweight, according to an ICCAT compliance report and Croatian officials. A year later, Japanese officials refused to allow the import o …"

A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

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"… e Democratic party in the 1993-94 cycle.)During a trade trip to Bosnia and Croatia in July 1996, Brown’s successor, Mickey Kantor, helped a senior Enron of …"

Jacques Monsieur arrested in Turkey

By Alain Lallemand

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14, 2002 — A Belgian man alleged to be one of Europe's biggest gunrunners -- and who has threatened to reveal secrets

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"… c of Congo, Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Chad, Croatia, Bosnia, Qatar, Togo, and Burundi, the Center’s International Consortium …"

"… to have worked in the eighties and early nineties, when he sold weapons to Croatia — asked the Belgians to investigate him for selling embargoed American s …"

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Part I: A Mediterranean feeding frenzy

By Kate Willson and Jean-Pierre Canet

Cobblestone walkways line the quiet canals of Sète, a French community of 40,000 nestled along the Mediterranean about 85 miles west of Mars

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"… able.  ICCAT instituted the first quotas in 1998, just as Spanish and Croatian fishmongers were revolutionizing the industry with “tuna ranches” in …"

"… as. Italy was by far the top offender, with 68 of the alleged infractions. Croatia, China, and Algeria did not transmit vessel locations during the entire fi …"

About this project: Looting the Seas

Looting the Seas is a two-year project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at the forces that are rapidly d

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"… (Denmark), Martin Foster (Japan), Fred Laurin (Sweden), Miranda Patrucic (Croatia), Traver Riggins (Washington, D.C.), Leo Sisti (Italy), and Gul Tuysuz (Tu …"

"… ents, regulatory reports, and corporate records in ten countries: Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Japan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United State …"

Part III: Bluefin, Inc.

By Marina Walker Guevara and Martin Foster

Mount Fuji rises across the bay from the 16th century port of Shimizu — a sight fit for a post card. The town has seen better days — its bus

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"… in the mid-1990s. The Japanese teamed up with local partners from Spain to Croatia, financing fishing campaigns in advance, providing technical support, and …"

"… f that, and in the end they are the bosses,” observed Dalibor Kustura, a Croatian bluefin fisherman referring to Japanese interests in Mediterranean ranche …"

"… ything,” said a scientist who works closely with the bluefin industry in Croatia. Japan’s taste for tuna is a rather modern trend. In fact, up until …"

"… i did appear to have an ample amount of bluefin at hand. ICIJ reporters in Croatia obtained the minutes of a meeting on July 9, 2009, between representatives …"

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Part II: Diving into the tuna ranching industry

By Marcos Garcia Rey

In the final days of 1996, the air was cold and seas rough around the southern Spanish port of Cartagena. A boat belonging to the Tuna Graso

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"… s and financiers of the ranching industry. They partnered with Spanish and Croatian fishmongers to launch the innovative facilities. As the industry grew, an …"

"… , and then through joint ventures with both local and Japanese partners in Croatia, Malta, Turkey, Italy, Tunisia, Cyprus, and Libya. Most of the fish were b …"

"… Spain, and since then the company has expanded its ranching activities to Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Libya, and Tunisia. In 2003, Fuentes, dubbe …"

"… ock is an endangered species.” Fuentes jointly owns Drvenik Tuna, a Croatian ranch, with Japanese corporate giant Mitsubishi and local partner Conex T …"

Mapiripan: A shortcut to hell

By María Cristina Caballero

BOGOTA, July 28, 1997 — A paramilitary incursion from July 14 to 20 this year by private armed groups that combat guerrilla forces has made

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"… rified in general. They say this despite the fact that they have worked in Croatia, Azerbaijan and the West Bank.The level of terror in Mapiripan is such tha …"

Alleged arms trafficker has long record

By Kate Willson

Maybe you caught the latest news on arms trafficking: a Belgian man widely believed to be one of Europe’s top arms merchants has been indict

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"… n 2000, Monsieur told a French judge the CIA had asked him to sell arms to Croatia in 1991, then under UN embargo, and that Croatia and Bosnia proved to be h …"

"… asked him to sell arms to Croatia in 1991, then under UN embargo, and that Croatia and Bosnia proved to be his best markets for the next four years. As Makin …"

The Montenegro connection

By Leo Sisti

“My little cat … I’m going crazy without you …. You have repeatedly betrayed me, I think …. Little cat, when are you coming? ... I love you,

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"… etching into 10 countries: not only Italy and Montenegro, but also Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Aru …"

"… uickly with Yugoslavia’s bloody collapse in 1991 and ’92, as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Macedonia all seceded. Montenegro remained in a fe …"

"… ainly tax havens, like Cyprus and Switzerland, as well as the Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and the United States.The court records have been seale …"

"… mugglers turned informants; the reputed “kingpin of Swiss contraband”; Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic, editor of the Zagreb-based weekly Nacional, murde …"

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