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This picture taken on October 31, 2022 shows a view of an oil tanker, seized by Iranian naval forces at the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. - Iran said the foreign-registered ship was smuggling fuel in the Gulf and arrested its crew, according to local media. "The navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign tanker carrying 11 million litres of smuggled fuel", said Mojtaba Ghahremani, the judiciary chief for Hormozgan province, according to the Tasnim news agency. It is not known when the vessel was seized, or what flag it sailed under. (Photo by IRNA / AFP) (Photo by -/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran seizes commercial ship in international waters

Iran’s revolutionary guards have forcibly seized a commercial tanker. According to a statement from the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet on Thursday, the commercial ship was said to be allegedly smuggling 900 tons of fuel.

GREENOCK, SCOTLAND - MARCH 05: Seagulls follow the Guide Me prawn trawler in Loch Long on March 5, 2019 in Greenock, Scotland. Scotland’s live seafood industry is facing the probability of extra paperwork at border controls, if the UK crashes out of the European Union without any trade deal. The costs could potentially run into many millions of pounds each year even if the European Union’s stringent requirements for certificates are disregarded by transporters. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Brazil seizes record number of illegal shark fins

Brazilian authorities reported that they have seized almost 29 metric tons of illegally obtained shark fins on Monday, which were meant to be exported to Asia.