A Norwegian citizen who acted as a linchpin for Norway’s lucrative Chinese seafood export industry has been detained in China as state media trumpeted the smashing of a large salmon smuggling ring.
Chinese customs detained 17 people after co-ordinated raids in late March in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, according to a report published on the Guangdong provincial government website.
Among the operations uncovered was “a smuggling crime syndicate” — led by a person identified only as Dong — which had illegally imported salmon worth up to Rmb620m ($98.4m) from Norway, according to the official report.
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