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You meet someone unexpectedly, and having no clue how much they’d mean to you in the future. How the path of two strangers crossed, and how it has changed and affected your life so much. And how an accidental clash of worlds, was the most beautiful thing that could possibly ever happened to you?
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On Monday, Darwin Local Court heard the men — aged between 19 and 37 — were intercepted earlier this month by the Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Albany in waters off Western Australia.
They were found 5.2 nautical miles (9.6 kilometres) inside the nearest point of the Australian fishing zone, on a 10-metre Indonesian boat with four fishing hand lines, three 30-kilogram bags of salt and no catch.
They were “educated” by the crew and then directed to leave the zone by authorities.
Six days later they were spotted by maritime surveillance aircraft deeper in Australian waters, near Sir Graham Moore Island off the Kimberley coast.
Border Force searched the vessel and found four shark fins, 10 kilograms of dried fish, five kilograms of salt, basic fishing equipment, a compass and a mobile phone with two navigation apps installed.
All four men pleaded guilty to the same two charges: using a foreign boat for commercial fishing and using a foreign boat in territorial sea.
The court heard the men hailed from the Rote region of Indonesia.
It also heard the older men — aged 32 and 37 — were the sole income earners for their families and came from “very little”.
However, their defence conceded the act was an “undeterred” and “blatant” breach of Australian law.
Senior federal prosecutor Naomi Low told the court the crime had the potential to impact Australian fish stocks and the environment.
She also said the sale of shark fins was “lucrative” and that fins were often removed from sharks while they were still alive, although there was no evidence of that in this case.The group were found fishing for sharks, which the court heard there was a “lucrative” market for in Indonesia. (ABC News: Alexandra Alvaro)none
Ms Low said this type of crime had become “more prevalent” since the beginning of the pandemic, likely due to the financial impact of COVID-19 on Indonesia.
In handing down his judgement, Judge John Neill took into account the men’s lack of past offending in Australia and their good character, but noted that the offending was deliberate.
“They were in Australian territorial waters, they knew they were there,” he said.
“I’ve accepted they are poor fishermen, [and] this is the only way they had to make a living — I’ve taken those matters into account as well.The four men have 28 days to pay their fines.(ABC News: Michael Donnelly)none
“Irrespective of the personal circumstances of poor people in neighbouring countries, they had no right to come to Australia and interfere with the management of fishing.”
Judge Neill said he was sentencing the men relative to their perceived role in the crime.
The oldest two men were fined $6,000 each, a 27-year old man was fined $4,500 and the youngest was fined $3,000.
All the men were given 28 days to pay the fine or risk up to 38 days imprisonment.
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Hers was one of five bodies found by rescuers, but at least nine people are still missing on the island off Naples.
The torrent of mud and debris destroyed homes and dragged cars into the sea.
It followed days of relentless rain in southern Italy, but now that weather has abated, the scale of the destruction is becoming clear.
More than 100 firefighters, as well as divers and earthmoving units, have been deployed to Ischia to try to clear streets strewn with debris.
Destroyed vehicles are piled on top of each other, crushed by the force of the mudslide whose trail of destruction indelibly marks the landscape of this popular tourist island.
Like nearby Capri, Ischia, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, is a holiday destination for foreigners and Italians alike. It featured in the book series Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante and was the backdrop to the 1999 film The Talented Mr Ripley.
A key issue on the island, though, is that around half the houses are built illegally – and so cannot withstand the force of landslides and earthquakes.
Nello Musumeci, the minister for civil protection, told Il Messaggero newspaper that Italy needed a “national plan of adaptation to climate change” to ensure buildings and infrastructure could withstand increasingly frequent phenomena such as heavy rainfall. “Securing our territory is the biggest public work we have to complete in the next few years. If we don’t, we’ll mourn yet more people,” he said.
The government has approved a state of emergency, allocating an initial sum of €2m (£1.7m) to help rebuild homes.
Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of five people so far.
A woman in her 30s, whose husband is still missing, called her father for help as masses of land began breaking off the mountain, but he was unable to reach her due to the torrents of mud surrounding the house. When rescue services managed to wade through the debris, the woman was already dead.
The body of an elderly woman was also found on Sunday, as well as that of a young girl of five or six whose parents, brother and uncles are reportedly still missing.
On Sunday afternoon, emergency workers said they had found a fourth body. Details of that victim’s identity are still not known.
Residents are being urged to stay home to avoid hindering emergency services in their efforts.
Up to 155mm (6.1in) of rain fell on Ischia over the course of six hours, causing the landslide early on Saturday.
Landslides strike Italian island of Ischia
The torrent of mud dislodged trees, engulfed buildings and swept away cars and people’s homes.
Heavy rains have battered Campania, the region surrounding Naples and Ischia, for several days.
On Thursday, two people were killed due to bad weather in the region. An Argentine tourist drowned after being swept into the sea during a coastal storm, while a man was struck by lightning on a beach.
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