Le Temps: Threatened, baby eels are trafficked at high prices to Asian tables
Part one of a new summer series in Le Temps: History(ies) of trafficking. Glass eels, drugs, cocaine, antiquities and human remains: with @MathildeFarine
‘HISTORY(IES) OF TRAFFICKING (1/5) The illegal trade of European glass eels to Asia represents nearly 3 billion euros per year. Threatened with extinction, the ‘Anguilla anguilla’ has been banned from exporting outside the EU since 2010. But the very strong Asian demand favors the black market’