Police are about to complete their initial investigations in relation to the registration of a foreign ship in Fiji through the use of falsified documents.
The Director of the Criminal Investigations Department, Semesi Bokadi says they have finished gathering statements and more people will be questioned as soon their initial findings are completed.
He says their investigation at the moment is only focused on the registration of a foreign ship.
Bokadi says they are also trying to establish if this is linked to a much bigger operation.
The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji has submitted all the information to the Fiji Police Force and also filed a police report in the process.
It has also confirmed that other countries in the region have been notified about the investigation.
CEO John Tunidau had said Fiji does not have an open registry and as such foreign ships claiming Fiji is their Flag state are doing so fraudulently.
An open registry is a practice where foreign ship owners register their ship in another state.
