Former Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson arrested on a Japanese warrant from 2012 – what next?
- Written by Tamsin Phillipa Paige, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University
Sea Shepherd founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been arrested in Greenland and awaits potential extradition to Japan.
The arrest relates to incidents in the Southern Ocean in February 2010. The charges against Watson include “accomplice to an assault” and “ship trespass”. Both relate to the boarding of the...





