Ten People Arrested in Gipuzkoa and Southern France for Illegal Trafficking in Eels

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The Civil Guard, in an operation that began in early 2025, has seized more than 400 kilos of this threatened and protected species.The Ertzaintza holds a decisive union election with the common complaint of the shortage of staff.The Civil Guard has disarmed a criminal organization dedicated to the illegal trafficking of European eel, a protected species that is threatened and reaches a high value in the market. As a result of the operation, carr…

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The French Civil Guard and Gendarmerie have dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the illegal trafficking of European eel, a protected species that is threatened and that reaches a high value in the market. As a result of the operation carried out internationally and named Putzua, 10 people have been arrested in Gipuzkoa and Iparralde, and more than 400 kilos of angulas have been seized.

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The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the illegal trafficking of European eel, a protected species that is threatened and reaches a high value in the market. As a result of the operation carried out internationally and named 'Putzua', 10 people have been arrested in Guipúzcoa and France and more than 400 kilos of angulas have been seized. Read more]]>

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The French Civil Guard and the Gendarmerie have dismantled an illegal traffic network of eels in an operation that has resulted in the arrest and investigation of ten people in Gipuzkoa and southern France and the seizure of 445 kilos of eels, the breeding of the European eel, a species critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) The operation, called “Putzua”, began in early 2025, when a net of poacher…