Paris, Jul 22 (AP) Interpol on Tuesday confirmed that it has removed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson from its most-wanted list.

Watson, 74, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose high seas confrontations with whaling vessels have drawn support from celebrities and featured in the reality television series “Whale Wars.”

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Japan has sought his extradition over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010. (AP)

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