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Abstract This article explores lack of transparency associated with secrecy-related corporate mechanisms employed in the marine fisheries sector by organised crime networks in an effort to avoid detection and, ultimately, successful prosecution. It does so against the backdrop of the infamous USA/ South African Bengis case, which provides a vivid illustration of some of the complexities associated with combating transnational fisheries crime. In particular the paper describes secrecy-related and other obfuscation tactics to avoid of asset recovery in the final restitution phase of the protracted court case.