Threat of robberies, murders, cartels costs Ecuador shrimp sector as much as $500m annually

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador -- When major aquafeed maker Skretting was hit by a spate of robberies at Piedra de Punta in Ecuador, general manager Carlos Miranda knew he had to act. The armed robbers regularly forcibly emptied its shrimp feed barge loaded with over 100 metric tons of feed, and the country's navy seemed helpless. [...]

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