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SEG: Trafficking session General overview of: - CITES Convention. - Recent trade history: Ripple effects of biodiversity loss. - Real data enhance trade. - European Action against trafficking: operations led by Spain Enforcement Police. Lt Juan LUIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICE (SEPRONA-GUARDIA CIVIL) CENTRAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (UCOMA) dg-seprona-ucoma@guardiacivil.org Antonio Galilea CITES Management Authority Spain. cites.sscc@comercio.mineco.es

CITES main goal: Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Therefore, trade is under control. What does it mean? Non detrimental findings are the keystone of trade.

1990 s Japanese eel collapses. 1990 s Huge increase on imports of European eel in Japan. 1990 s 2000 s 2010 s 1990 s Exports of glasseel soars to supply farming=> overfishing and poaching plus a surge in eel prices. 2001 catch figure for European eel is the lowest on records. Council Regulation (EC) No. 1100/2007 recovery measures. 13 March 2009 Anguilla anguilla listed Appendix II CITES, Annex B Reg. 338/97. 3rd of December 2010 EU BAN ON Anguilla anguilla EXPÒRTS/IMPORTS (SRG) 2014 IUCN considers European eel specie as CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. 2012/13 1st Operation against illegal trade on glass-eels: Suculents 2013/14 2nd Operation against illegal trade on glass-eels. Luscious 2015/16 3rd Operation against illegal trade on glass-eels: Black-glass 2016/17 4th Operation against illegal trade on glass-eels: Abaia Today. 1984-2000: landings of eel dropped to: - 43,5% European eels, - 64% Japanese eels, 8,3% American eels. - Higher amounts seized, - More countries involved, - More complexity

Poaching, Under-reporting, Unlawful methods of capture, Necessary ecchelon, Irregularities, Fake documents, Fraud, Miss-declarations at Customs, Money laundering, Tax evasion, Etc. NO REAL DATA AVAILABLE, NO WAY TO KNOW THE STATUS OF THE SPECIE TO CARRY OUT THE NEEDED NON-DETRIMENTAL FINDINGS. NO INTERNATIONAL TRADE ALLOWED.

BACKGROUND Spain France Portugal United Kingdom Greece Italy Holland Sweden

Operation «SUCULENTA» 2011-2012 WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING SMUGGLING OF EUROPEAN GLASS EELS Arrested 14 Range Spain Romania, Bulgaria and Portugal Modus Operandi Smuggling via aircargo Species Seizure European Glass Eel 1.5 tons of eels Estimated value 1.650.000

Operation «SUCULENCIAS» 2012-2014 WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING SMUGGLING OF EUROPEAN GLASS EELS Arrested 12 Places involved Spain: Portugal Modus Operandi Species Collaborations Seizure Smuggling to Asia by air cargo European Glass Eel Portugal ASAE 750 kg of eels Estimated value 1.125.000

Operation «BLACK GLASS» 2015-2016 WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING SMUGGLING OF EUROPEAN GLASS EELS Arrested 20 (Chinese origin) Range Madrid, Destination CHINA Modus Operandi Species Seizure Mules by plane European Glass Eel 2.5 tons of eels Estimated value 4.000.000

Operation «BLACK GLASS» 2015-2016

Operation «BLACK GLASS» 2015-2016

OPERATION «LAKE II - ABAIA» 2017 WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING SMUGGLING OF EUROPEAN GLASS EELS Arrested 23 Places involved Spain France, Portugal, Italy, Greece and China Modus Operandi Species Collaborations Seizure Smuggling to Asia via air cargo European Glass Eel Europol and Eurojust 1.200 Kg Estimated value: 2 million

OPERATION «LAKE II - ABAIA» 2017 + 17.000 KM GLASS EELS TOUR FROM CARIBEAN WATERS TO HONG KONG IN A TRAVEL OF 2 YEARS. HUGE PROFIT IN FIVE YEARS (2012 2017) 37,500 TONS OF GLASS EELS ILLEGALY EXPORTED.

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