AI system
- System
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Global Fishing Watch vessel-tracking platform and analysts; OceanMind analysis for INTERPOL (no AI component documented for this case)
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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Global Fishing Watch; OceanMind
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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A blacklisted vessel whose identity and ownership were already known to INTERPOL and CCAMLR. Continuous tracking by OceanMind and GFW analysts with daily, then hourly, reports to coastal states. Indonesian patrol vessels positioned at predicted rendezvous points. Indonesian prosecution leading to a Supreme Court verdict.
- Human oversight
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Analysts tracked the vessel’s signals, predicted its course, and identified possible rendezvous points.
- Relation to AI
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No cited source documents an AI or machine-learning role. INTERPOL's release says it tracked the vessel with support from OceanMind and that hourly updates were aided by contributions from Global Fishing Watch. GFW's own article credits named analysts who tracked AIS data, predicted the course and identified rendezvous points. It does not mention algorithms, machine learning or automated detection. OceanMind's homepage states only that it uses satellites, AI and human expertise in general. The AI role is thus undocumented rather than established. The account comes from INTERPOL, GFW, and the Blue Belt blog. The court outcome (Supreme Court verdict of 27 February 2020, conviction, Rp300,000,000 fine, forfeiture) comes from the Blue Belt blog. The Blue Belt post of 5 June 2021 is no longer available, and no archived copy is cited.
- AI contribution
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INTERPOL received vessel-tracking assistance from OceanMind and Global Fishing Watch. The cited accounts describe analysts’ work but do not identify an AI component used in this operation.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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the captain was convicted, the owner fined Rp300,000,000 and the vessel forfeited
- Category
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Reduced Violence
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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People. Organizations. Society.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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the captain was convicted, the owner fined Rp300,000,000 and the vessel forfeited
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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the captain was convicted, the owner fined Rp300,000,000 and the vessel forfeited
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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OceanMind’s general description of its use of AI does not establish that it used AI here. The Blue Belt account of the court outcome is no longer available, and the entry has no archived copy.
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: Global Fishing Watch; OceanMind. Operator: INTERPOL (Global Fisheries Enforcement program); Indonesian naval and fisheries authorities (patrol boats ORCA 2 and ORCA 3).
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Indonesian exclusive economic zone,
Indonesia. Developer: 
United States. Operator: 
France. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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A coastal state willing and able to intercept and prosecute. Analyst capacity to follow a vessel that has switched off its tracking system. Information sharing between INTERPOL, NGOs and national agencies in near real time. Documentation of what, if anything, an automated system contributed, which is absent here.
- Replication attempts
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1 follow-up entries. Outcome unresolved: 1.
- Later findings
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The reported verdict of 27 February 2020, conviction, fine, and forfeiture rest on a UK Government Blue Belt blog that is no longer available. They lack independent confirmation in the cited sources.
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0347-source-0001–0005
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Operator, Developer
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People. Organizations. Society.
- Depth
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Not assessed
- Reasons
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People: No individual beneficiary is identified in any cited source. Organizations: Indonesian authorities and INTERPOL obtained a capture, a conviction and a forfeiture. No cited source attributes any part of the result to an AI output. Society: One blacklisted vessel removed from Southern Ocean fishing. The contribution of any AI system is undocumented and the deterrent effect is not quantified.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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The deployer's account
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Fisheries enforcement / illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. International police cooperation and national maritime enforcement.
- Purpose
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Vessel tracking and analysis to support fisheries enforcement against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The capture was the intended use, but the sources attribute it to analysts and inter-agency coordination rather than to an AI output.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2019 (precision unassessed). Updated: 22 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: c8d0aa4fd21d…
References
- Other identifiers
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Not assessed
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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8 revisions. Latest: 22 October 2026.
Sources
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Press release Deployer
INTERPOL (2019). INTERPOL supports apprehension of vessel suspected of illegal fishing. News release, 22 July 2019.
INTERPOL tracked the movement of the MV NIKA with support from OceanMind, sending daily reports to the relevant countries including Indonesia, New Zealand, Panama, the UK and the US.
As it approached Indonesian waters, additional updates were sent to the national authorities hourly, aided by contributions from Global Fishing Watch.
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Press release Developer
Global Fishing Watch (2019). The capture of the MV NIKA: a case of illicit fishing and a showcase for how to beat it. globalfishingwatch.org, 23 July 2019.
GFW analysts helped predict the MV NIKA's course and identify rendezvous points where the patrol vessels could intercept
a live multi-way communication between Indonesian naval and fishery officials, INTERPOL and GFW analyst Charles Kilgour, swapped information on its every move
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Press release Developer
OceanMind (n.d.). Homepage, general description of methods (no mention of NIKA).
For more than a decade, we have used satellites, AI, and human expertise to provide crucial insights that enable others to protect the ocean for people and planet.