The threat of criminal activity in the fisheries sector has concerned the international community for a number of years. In more recent times, the presence of organized crime in fisheries has come to the fore. In 2008, the United Nations General Assembly asked all states to contribute to increasing our understanding the connection between illegal fishing and transnational organized crime at sea. Policy-makers, researchers and members of civil society are increasing their knowledge of the dynamics and destructiveness of the blue shadow economy and the role of organized crime within this economy. Anecdotal, scientific and example-based evidence of the various manifestations of organized crime in fisheries, its widespread adverse impacts on economies, societies and the environment globally and its potential security consequences is now publicly available. Here we present the current state of knowledge on organized crime in the fisheries sector. We show how the many facets of organized crime in this sector, including fraud, drug trafficking and forced labour, hinder progress towards the development of a sustainable ocean economy. With reference to worldwide promising practices, we highlight practical opportunities for action to address the problem. We emphasize the need for a shared understanding of the challenge and for the implementation of intelligence-led, skills-based cooperative law enforcement action at a global level and a community-based approach for targeting organized crime in the supply chain of organized criminal networks at a local level, facilitated by legislative frameworks and increased transparency. The authors review how the presence of organized crime in the fisheries sector hinders progress towards the development of a sustainable ocean economy and highlight practical opportunities to address this problem at both the local and the global level.

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渔业部门的有组织犯罪威胁可持续的海洋经济

渔业部门犯罪活动的威胁多年来一直引起国际社会的关注。近来，渔业中的有组织犯罪现象日益突出。2008 年，联合国大会要求所有国家为增进我们对非法捕鱼与海上跨国有组织犯罪之间联系的了解做出贡献。政策制定者、研究人员和民间社会成员正在增加他们对蓝影经济的动态和破坏性以及有组织犯罪在该经济中的作用的了解。渔业中有组织犯罪的各种表现形式及其对经济的广泛不利影响的轶事、科学和实例证据，全球社会和环境及其潜在的安全后果现已公开。在这里，我们介绍了渔业部门有组织犯罪的当前知识状态。我们展示了该部门有组织犯罪的许多方面，包括欺诈、贩毒和强迫劳动，如何阻碍可持续海洋经济发展的进展。参考世界范围内有前景的做法，我们强调采取行动解决问题的实际机会。我们强调需要对挑战达成共识，需要在全球范围内实施以情报为主导、以技能为基础的合作执法行动，以及在有组织犯罪网络的供应链中针对有组织犯罪采取基于社区的方法。地方层面，立法框架和提高透明度的推动。作者回顾了渔业部门存在的有组织犯罪如何阻碍可持续海洋经济发展的进展，并强调了在地方和全球层面解决这一问题的实际机会。