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Whale meat scandal updates

Updates on the scandal involving the corrupt and powerful whaling industry (which is funded with taxpayers’ money). Two of our activists are still awaiting trial for intercepting a box of stolen whale meat, and delivering it to the police.



 
 
 

Whale meat scandal updates

Take action: Contact the Prosecutor about the real whaling scandal

What would happen if Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutor's office was inundated by letters calling for the whale meat investigation to be re-opened? Join us to find out!

On this page we've prepared a letter you can print, write and post yourself, and a list of talking points you could use if you prefer to write a personal letter instead. Be creative!

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Can we trust the whalers when they say they're innocent? magnify image

Whale meat scandal: Many questions

Why would we believe the whaling industry when it says it is innocent? The institutions behind the Japanese whaling operation have apparently now investigated themselves and cleared themselves of any wrongdoing over the whale meat embezzlement scandal exposed by Greenpeace in May.

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato, with the whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers, and which he provided as evidence to the government -- only to be arrested and charged for doing so. magnify image

Harpooned: Greenpeace exposes scandal at heart of whaling

Stake outs, testimony from informers, hidden cameras and tailing trucks full of stolen goods - it reads like a Hollywood movie, but it was an every day experience for Greenpeace activists in Japan, who have spent four months cracking open a major conspiracy of corruption at the heart of Japan's government-backed, sham scientific whaling operation.

Greenpeace Japan whale campaign coordinator Junichi Sato, with whale meat that was stolen from Japanese taxpayers, and which he provided as evidence to the government -- only to be arrested and charged for doing so. magnify image

Activists charged for exposing whale meat scandal

Our Japanese activists Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were charged with theft and trespass today by the prosecutor in Aomori after they exposed a major scandal around the embezzlement of whale meat from the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.

Close up of Greenpeace whale campaign director Junichi Sato from Greenpeace Japan. magnify image

Japan holds whale activists without charge (Updated)

Japanese police have arrested two Greenpeace activists for exposing a whale meat scandal involving the government-sponsored whaling programme. The two activists, Junichi Sato, 31, and Toru Suzuki, 41, are being investigated for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat which they presented as evidence.

TAKE ACTION: Demand the release of our activists

Rainbow Warrior III - artist's impression magnify image

Spirit of bombed Rainbow Warrior to live on in new high tech ship

July 09, 2009

On the eve of the 24th anniversary of the Rainbow Warrior bombing, Greenpeace has announced work is about to start on a purpose-built Rainbow Warrior III, incorporating the latest in green-marine technology.

*Polar oceans in peril ...and a planet at risk * Greenpeace International, July 2009 magnify image

Polar Oceans in Peril ...and a planet at risk

July 06, 2009

The Arctic and the Antarctic are under assault - from the impacts of rapidly accelerating climate change; from increased industrialisation; and from the unchecked consumption of our planet's resources.

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'Old Ice' An iceberg made of densely formed ice, often called 'old' ice, shows light transmitted through it. This colour compaction and its green-blue colour suggests it is older than the other ice formations surrounding it. South Eastern Greenland. The melting and freezing of the now fragile Greenlandic ice creates the unique features and colours displayed in these photographs. All photographed from the air. It is predicted that sea-levels may rise by 6.8 Metres were the Greenland Ice-cap to melt completely. Afsmeltningen og frysningsprocessen af den ny sårbare grønlandske indlandsis skaber unikke former og farver, som kan ses i disse fotografier, der alle er taget fra helikopter. Det forudses, at vandstanden i verdenshavene vil stige med 6,8 meter, hvis hele Grønlands iskappe smelter. magnify image

Greenpeace races to reach disintegrating glacier

While Keisha Castle-Hughes tours the Pacific documenting climate impacts aboard the Esperanza, another of our ships, The Arctic Sunrise is currently heading north along the west coast of Greenland in a race against time. It's destination is the disintegrating Petermann Glacier, but to reach the glacier our ship must pass through the Nares Strait, which could be flooded with dangerous sea ice at any moment.

Arctic Sunrise webcam

The Arctic Sunrise is in transit to the Arctic.

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