Brazilian authorities seized 28.7 metric tonnes of illegally obtained shark fins that would be exported to Asia, in what they called the world’s largest confiscation of its kind at the origin, Reuters reports.
SÃO PAULO — Brazilian authorities said on Monday they had seized 28.7 metric tonnes of illegally obtained shark fins that would be exported to Asia, in what they called the world’s largest confiscation of its kind at the origin.
“These apprehensions on an integrated basis represent the largest recorded in the world, especially considering it is a seizure at the source where the sharks are caught,” Ibama said in a statement. Fighting destruction of Brazil’s fauna and flora is a major goal of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration, after his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, weakened environmental agencies and oversight powers.
A single exporting company in the southern state of Santa Catarina was responsible for 27.6 metric tons of fins, while the remainder was seized at São Paulo International Airport from the second company, Ibama said, without naming the firms or persons involved.
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