New crime?: What's behind the seizures of nearly 25 tons of trafficked shark meat From Ecuador by Michelle Carrere on 30 November 2020 These are mainly threatened species that do not have the documentation required to be exported. Between authorized and unauthorized crossings, there are at least 22 border crossings where the bodies of sharks could be illegally entering For years the attention of the shark trade has been focused on the illegal commercialization of fins that supplies the millionaire Asian market. However, this 2020 the business seems to have diversified. The Special Prosecutor for Environmental Matters (FEMA) of Tumbes opened between September and November five investigations into trafficking in shark trunks from Ecuador. According to the prosecutor in charge of the investigations, Ina Suárez, in total there are 24,800 kilos of meat, mainly from endangered species such as the pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus), breasted thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus), hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini), shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and blacktip shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus).
New crime?: What’s behind the seizures of nearly 25 tons of trafficked shark meat
