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South China Morning Post on 2021-06-11 19:21

French officials break up smuggling ring that shipped millions of ‘prized delicacy’ baby eels to Asia

The inquiry began in 2017 when customs officers seized nearly 800 kilos of the silvery eels near the southwestern city of Bordeaux destined for China.

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