调查发现，走私团伙每年的走私金额高达500万。根据欧洲司法合作组织和欧洲刑警组织声明，各国当局协调行动，逮捕了17人。

 

    欧洲司法合作组织称，调查发现，一家总部在西班牙的公司从几个欧盟成员国购买鳗鲡苗，在鳝鱼进入合法市场后，这家公司据称又把鳗鲡苗运到希腊，最终假造文件，以鱼的名义运往中国。

 

    部分原文报道如下：

 

    Police have broken up an international network which illegally smuggled baby eels to China, wher they are considered a delicacy with aphrodisiac qualities.

 

    It's estimated that the gang made at least 5 million every year, laundering the proceeds and in some instances being paid with gold bars.

 

    The police operation was carried out by Spain's environmental protection squad and involved officers from Portugal, Italy, France, Greece and United Kingdom.

 

    原文链接：http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4293852/Police-arrest-17-smuggling-live-eels-China.html