Abalone: A Dangerous Harvest
by Darinee Durai
@ 09 Dec 2016
According to South African officials, Chinese firms send South African drug dealers the raw ingredients for methamphetamine in exchange for illegally harvested shellfish. One of the many ways abalone is being exported to the east is by using ‘wrong labels.’
Divers can harvest a ton of abalone in as little as a day. That amount can fetch nearly $50,000 from Chinese syndicates known as triads. Triads sometimes barter methamphetamine directly for abalone. The transaction is convenient for both sides and hard to trace because no money is involved.
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