British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was doused in petrol and held at gunpoint during a trip to Costa Rica. The 44-year-old travelled to Costa Rica to investigate the illegal trade in shark fins as part of a new TV series, the UK Telegraph reports.
Ramsay said he uncovered a stockpile of thousands of shark fins on a rooftop one day after managing to "shake off" people who were trying to keep him and the camera crew away.
"When I got back downstairs they tipped a barrel of petrol over me," Ramsay said.
"Then these cars with blacked out windows suddenly appeared from nowhere trying to block us in. We dived into (our) car and peeled off."
Later on in the trip, Ramsay and the crew managed to get onto a fishing boat which was involved in shark fin trading.
Ramsay said he dived off the boat into the water and swam underneath where he discovered a huge sack full of shark fins.
He said he threw the bag onto the boat deck and everyone began screaming and shouting.
"Back at the wharf, there were people pointing rifles at us to stop us filming," he said.
Local police then came and advised Ramsay and his crew to leave the country.
Ramsay described the multibillion dollar illegal shark fin industry as "completely unregulated", with some of the biggest culprits residing in Costa Rica.
Ramsay is known for hosting TV programs such as Hell's Kitchen, The F Word and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. He also owns a string of restaurants in the UK.
So now that this crime has been reported by Gordon Ramsey,
this illegal multi billion dollar industry can be shut down by the governments concerned.
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