WorldInside the sea cucumber smuggling boom

A $200 million black market in sea cucumbers is expanding across the Indian Ocean. The ecologically important animals are prized as a delicacy in China and Southeast Asia, driving overfishing and drawing criminal groups into every stage of the illicit supply chain, from extortion of fishers to cross-border smuggling.

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