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Customs dismantles an international traffic of glass eels in the Paris region and seizes 302 kg of glass eels

Customs dismantles an international traffic of glass eels in the Paris region and sixteen 302 kg of these eel fry
“Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty and Gabriel Attal, Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts, congratulate the French customs, which has just put an end, in the Paris region (94), to activities of a criminal organization specializing in the trafficking of glass eels, a species threatened with extinction. They seized 302 kg of live glass eels during the operation and arrested three people.”
Read the full report on customs.gouv.fr

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