On August 6, the Investigation Police Agency of Ba Ria City Police (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Tran Dang Duc (born in 1980), former second-class inspector of the Fisheries Department of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, to investigate the crime of "Forgery in work".

According to the case file, from February 2023, Duc took advantage of his position as a surveyor to create documents such as: technical inspection records of fishing vessels, technical safety certificates of fishing vessels and registration certificates for fishing vessels that were not in accordance with regulations, violating the fisheries law and implementing guidelines.

Duc's actions were determined to have damaged the reputation and proper operation of state agencies and organizations, disrupting the quota structure of fishing licenses that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had assigned to Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. Especially during the period when the province and the whole country are stepping up measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, determined to remove the "yellow card" warning of the European Commission (EC).

On the same day, authorities executed a search warrant at the residence and workplace of the defendant Duc.

PHU NGAN