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Organized crime in the fisheries sector threatens a sustainable ocean economy.
Witbooi, Emma; Ali, Kamal-Deen; Santosa, Mas Achmad; Hurley, Gail; Husein, Yunus; Maharaj, Sarika; Okafor-Yarwood, Ifesinachi; Quiroz, Inés Arroyo; Salas, Omar.
Afiliação
  • Witbooi E; Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. emmavdingle@gmail.com.
  • Ali KD; PescaDOLUS International Fisheries Crime Research Network, Cape Town, South Africa. emmavdingle@gmail.com.
  • Santosa MA; Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa, Accra, Ghana.
  • Hurley G; Indonesia Presidential Task Force to Combat Illegal Fishing, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Husein Y; Development Finance, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Maharaj S; Indonesia Presidential Task Force to Combat Illegal Fishing, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Okafor-Yarwood I; Fisheries Inspectorate Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Quiroz IA; The Centre for Strategic Research and Studies, National Defence College, Abuja, Nigeria.
  • Salas O; Programa de Estudios Socioambientales, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Nature ; 588(7836): 48-56, 2020 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33177707
The threat of criminal activity in the fisheries sector has concerned the international community for a number of years. In more recent times, the presence of organized crime in fisheries has come to the fore. In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly asked all states to contribute to increasing our understanding the connection between illegal fishing and transnational organized crime at sea. Policy-makers, researchers and members of civil society are increasing their knowledge of the dynamics and destructiveness of the blue shadow economy and the role of organized crime within this economy. Anecdotal, scientific and example-based evidence of the various manifestations of organized crime in fisheries, its widespread adverse impacts on economies, societies and the environment globally and its potential security consequences is now publicly available. Here we present the current state of knowledge on organized crime in the fisheries sector. We show how the many facets of organized crime in this sector, including fraud, drug trafficking and forced labour, hinder progress towards the development of a sustainable ocean economy. With reference to worldwide promising practices, we highlight practical opportunities for action to address the problem. We emphasize the need for a shared understanding of the challenge and for the implementation of intelligence-led, skills-based cooperative law enforcement action at a global level and a community-based approach for targeting organized crime in the supply chain of organized criminal networks at a local level, facilitated by legislative frameworks and increased transparency.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Oceanos e Mares / Crime / Política Ambiental / Pesqueiros / Desenvolvimento Sustentável Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Oceanos e Mares / Crime / Política Ambiental / Pesqueiros / Desenvolvimento Sustentável Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article