Unauthorized export of used fishing boats to South Korea or inspection of documents from trading company executives Hokkaido June 3, 11:53
The Metropolitan Police Department inspected the officers and employees of the Hokkaido fisheries trading company for violating the antiquarian business law, allegedly exporting a used fishing boat to a Korean dealer without permission. The Metropolitan Police Department is proceeding with an investigation into the uses of fishing boats and the ultimate destination of exports.
Documents were sent to a fishery trading company located in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, both 55-year-old executives and 56-year-old employees who are Korean nationals.
According to a person involved in the investigation, in 2017, a used fishing boat was exported to a Korean fisherman for 5.7 million yen in cash without permission from the Hokkaido Public Safety Commission, and it was suspected that the antiquity business law was violated. Is held
The two said they had bought a ship from a trader in Nemuro City, who had been documented in February this time as selling documents for a second-hand fishing boat without permission to a Russian trader and exported it.
The fishing boats were exported via a paper company headquartered in the Pacific Ocean's Marshall Islands in order to hide the seller.
The two said to the investigation, "I didn't know they needed a permit."
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the uses of fishing boats and the ultimate destination of exports.