Mount Vema Police issues arrest warrant for crew and owners of fishing vessels

January 27, 2020 – Mount Vema – The Mount Vema Police has issued an international arrest warrant for the captains, the crew and the owners of the two fishing vessels who violated the fisheries and immigration laws of Mount Vema on the 27th of January 2020. The vessels have been monitored since yesterday as they entered the Vema Seamount Territorial waters from South Africa. The Vema Seamount Authority has also issued a Royal Order to temporarily suspend any existing and future contracts with South Africa based companies until the South African authorities start taking action to prevent these incidents which could pose a security problem for Mount Vema. The Mount Vema Police told VSBCnews that it will not publicly name the vessels until arrests and fines have been paid.