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White Fish, Black Catches: Norwegian companies were leasing out old fishing ships to Russians, who were using them for illegal fishing in the Nordic Seas

Number 2603
Subject Environment
Source Rune Ytreberg; Svein Baeren
State NRK Troms; NRK Brennpunkt
Year 2005
Publication Date Global_Investigative_Journalism_Conf_2005
Summary The authors go into a lot of detail explaining every stage of their investigation into an illegal fishing operation. Russians were using Norwegian fishing boats, and operating with false paperwork and pretense, to fish illegally in the Nordic Seas. The authors explain how they uncovered the scam and worked with other media organizations to broadcast their findings.
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