WorldThe billion-euro trade driving Europe's eels to extinction

Traffickers smuggle millions of critically endangered European eels across continents by air or through legal loopholes, feeding a lucrative trade that can send glass eels to €9,000 per kilogram. Their population has fallen by about 95% since the 1980s, while enforcement agencies target organized networks profiting from demand in Asia.

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