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 | | Documentation discovered on board the poachers apprehended by Australian authorities identified a literal ‘alphabet’ of boats with professionally coordinated fishing activities, transhipment of fish at sea, refuelling at sea, changing crew and provisions at sea, and operational techniques designed to evade apprehension. |
 | | Ownership structures, flag states, operational bases, and names of these vessels have been changed numerous times in the past year in an endeavour to conceal their true identity and purpose. |
 | | The ‘alphabet’ boats are, of course, technically operated and controlled by their Spanish skippers while being owned by dummy companies in (at various times) the British Virgin Islands, Russia, Belize, Bolivia and elsewhere. |
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