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  "id": 6402053,
  "title": "The billion-euro trade driving Europe's eels to extinction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/the-billion-euro-trade-driving-europes-eels-to-extinction-6402053",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
    "slug": "dw-news",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/the-billion-euro-trade-driving-europe-s-eels-to-extinction/a-78523145?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Traffickers are making big bucks smuggling millions of critically endangered eels across continents, in suitcases on planes or by exploiting legal loopholes to end up on dinnerplates. Where are the smuggling hotspots?",
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "The billion-euro trade driving Europe's eels to extinction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/the-billion-euro-trade-driving-europes-eels-to-extinction",
        "published": "2026-09-09T08:36:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}