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BONUS: Reporter Kevin Knodell on the Gangs, Pirates and Illegal Fisherman Causing Havoc on the High Seas

Kevin Knodell is a Honolulu-based reporter with the Star Advertiser. He spoke to Sean about the increasingly dangerous world of fisheries, how drug cartels are getting more and more into the trade, the death of an observer and a trial set to blow Hawaii's organized crime scene wide open.

Sources:

https://www.uscg.mil/Portals/0/Images/iuu/IUU_Strategic_Outlook_2020_FINAL.pdf

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/08/global-competition-over-fish-stocks-increasingly-affects-hawaii/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/20/death-at-sea-the-fisheries-inspectors-who-never-came-home

https://hakaimagazine.com/features/searching-for-keith/

https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Issue_Paper_-_TOC_in_the_Fishing_Industry.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/lawless-ocean-ping-shin-killings/2020/10/12/97296824-f68e-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/05/hawaiis-fisherman-are-worried-about-chinas-fleet-so-is-the-military/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/16/world/asia/south-china-sea-ships.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/16/the-crimes-behind-the-seafood-you-eat

https://mexicotoday.com/2022/02/20/opinion-organized-crime-is-taking-over-mexican-fisheries-part-i/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/23/china.southafrica

https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892376,00.html

https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/12/the-miske-case-the-feds-scrutinize-a-boat-allegedly-used-in-a-murder/

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/02/court-orders-sale-of-miske-owned-tuna-longliner/

https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Skies-Shady-Characters-Corruption-ebook/dp/B013VRJI0G

Comments

Great episode and super informative as the other commenter said

James Donnellan

Incredibly informative interview.


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