Paul Watson, leader of the U.S.-based anti-whaling organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is now on an international wanted list for allegedly masterminding the group’s disruption of Japanese whale hunts in the Antarctic Ocean.
Every year, Sea Shepherd attempts to obstruct Japan’s whaling mission, which it carries out under an exception to a 1986 moratorium by the International Whaling Commission.
The Japanese Coast Guard already obtained a court-issued arrest warrant for Watson in April in connection with the trial of another activist accused of obstructing Japanese whaling in the Antarctic.
Watson has been on the Interpol list since Wednesday. Coast Guard spokesman Shinichiro Tanaka said the Interpol wanted list requests that police in 188 member nations cooperate with Japan’s investigation of Watson by providing information about him, but does not require that they arrest him. He said Watson’s whereabouts is unknown.
Sea Shepherd officials were not immediately available for comment.
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Paul Watson, leader of the U.S.-based anti-whaling organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is now on an international wanted list for allegedly masterminding the group’s disruption of Japanese whale hunts in the Antarctic Ocean.
Every year, Sea Shepherd attempts to obstruct Japan’s whaling mission, which it carries out under an exception to a 1986 moratorium by the International Whaling Commission.
The Japanese Coast Guard already obtained a court-issued arrest warrant for Watson in April in connection with the trial of another activist accused of obstructing Japanese whaling in the Antarctic.
Watson has been on the Interpol list since Wednesday. Coast Guard spokesman Shinichiro Tanaka said the Interpol wanted list requests that police in 188 member nations cooperate with Japan’s investigation of Watson by providing information about him, but does not require that they arrest him. He said Watson’s whereabouts is unknown.
Sea Shepherd officials were not immediately available for comment.
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