EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Union has spent at least €14 million in subsidies to firms convicted of illegal fishing, a new report has revealed. Some 36 law-breaking vessel owners with 42 convictions between them received €13.5 million between 1994 and 2006 according to an investigation by Fishsubsidy.org, a group of researchers investigating the recipients of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Union has spent at least €14 million in subsidies to firms convicted of illegal fishing, a new report has revealed.
Some 36 law-breaking vessel owners with 42 convictions between them received €13.5 million between 1994 and 2006 according to an investigation by Fishsubsidy.org, a group of researchers investigating the recipients of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.
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