Greenpeace says whalers stealing meat

In Japan, environmental group Greenpeace says it has uncovered evidence of widespread theft of whale meat from the country’s scientific whaling program.

Greenpeace has intercepted a box of whale meat it says was illegally taken off the the whaling ship the Nisshin Maru by a member of its crew.

Spokesman Junichi Sato says the meat could be worth thousands of dollars on the black market.