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Posted Sun May 30 2010: from Guardian:
Caviar gangs dish up illegal roe to bypass authorised importers http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1275221125
 Organised criminal gangs are being blamed for a thriving trade in caviar imported illegally into the UK. A global shortage of the delicacy - made from the raw eggs of sturgeon - is playing into the hands of black market traders smuggling it into the country and bypassing legal importers. The finest beluga caviar can cost up to £4,000 per kilogram, but much of the smuggled caviar is unlabelled - which means its provenance cannot be checked, an issue raising concerns with environmentalists who fear fishing stocks are being depleted.
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'Doc Michael says:
I'll follow that appetizer course with some shark's fin soup. Mmmm. Then, hummingbird tongue!
"environmentalists who fear fishing stocks are being depleted"? Surely the Mafia cares about the environment.

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