Police have not been able to establish if claims of a ship being registered in Fiji through the use fraudulent documents is linked to a much bigger operation.
The Criminal Investigations Department confirmed to Fijivillage last week that they are now investigating the process involved in the registration of a foreign ship in Fiji.
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.
Police are still gathering information.
The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji 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.
