{"id":13804,"date":"2012-08-07T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-08-07T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T18:08:29","slug":"Interpol-issues-arrest-notice-for-Sea-Shepherd-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13804","title":{"rendered":"Interpol issues arrest notice for Sea Shepherd founder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interpol has issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of fugitive eco-warrior Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, after he skipped bail in Germany.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watson was arrested in May in Frankfurt on a warrant from Costa Rica<\/strong>, where he is wanted on charges stemming from a high-seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon-based Interpol does not have the power to issue international arrest warrants but can request member countries to make arrests based on foreign warrants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watson was detained in Germany for a week in May before being released on bail after paying 250,000 euros ($310,000) and being ordered to appear before police twice a day.<\/strong> But he skipped bail on July 22 and fled the country.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, a 61-year-old Canadian known to his supporters as &#8220;The Captain&#8221;, is a veteran campaigner whose Sea Shepherd organisation is known for its muscular attacks on Japanese whalers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Without revealing Watson&#8217;s location, the organization denounced Interpol&#8217;s notice as part of a politically motivated attack led by Costa Rica on Japan&#8217;s behalf.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement last week, Watson accused Japan of conspiring with Germany and Costa Rica to hunt him down in revenge for his attacks on its whaling operations.<\/p>\n<p>Watson said Costa Rica and Germany had been &#8220;pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd&#8221;, which has for years clashed with harpoon ships in the Southern Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>He also did not reveal his location in the message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I LOVE Whale Wars! 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