[
  {
    "id": "R01",
    "fromId": "E02",
    "toId": "E01",
    "label": "Owner identified by court",
    "period": "2019 decision",
    "status": "Judicial record",
    "sources": [
      "S02"
    ],
    "caseId": "C01",
    "note": "This is the owner label used in the court record, not a fresh corporate-registry determination."
  },
  {
    "id": "R02",
    "fromId": "E04",
    "toId": "E06",
    "label": "Fleet association",
    "period": "Events discussed in 2022 designation",
    "status": "Official findings",
    "sources": [
      "S03"
    ],
    "caseId": "C03",
    "note": "Vessel-level conduct and company-level sanctions remain distinct."
  },
  {
    "id": "R03",
    "fromId": "E13",
    "toId": "E12",
    "label": "Reported operator",
    "period": "Investigative case history",
    "status": "Investigative attribution",
    "sources": [
      "S15"
    ],
    "caseId": "C09",
    "note": "Current operator and original registration records still need verification."
  },
  {
    "id": "R04",
    "fromId": "E16",
    "toId": "E15",
    "label": "Owner / co-defendant",
    "period": "2015 criminal case",
    "status": "Guilty-plea record",
    "sources": [
      "S06",
      "S35"
    ],
    "caseId": "C11",
    "note": "Both the company and individual entered guilty pleas; later sentencing is recorded."
  },
  {
    "id": "R05",
    "fromId": "E11",
    "toId": "E10",
    "label": "Carrier services relationship",
    "period": "2021–2024 study period",
    "status": "Investigative attribution",
    "sources": [
      "S05"
    ],
    "caseId": "C08",
    "note": "A service relationship is not a finding of knowing assistance or illegality."
  },
  {
    "id": "R06",
    "fromId": "E28",
    "toId": "E29",
    "label": "Vessel collateral / loan guarantees",
    "period": "2012–2013 disclosed arrangements",
    "status": "Company filing",
    "sources": [
      "S37"
    ],
    "caseId": "C04",
    "note": "Pingtan disclosed collateral supporting Hong Long’s borrowing. The disclosure does not establish lender complicity."
  },
  {
    "id": "R07",
    "fromId": "E27",
    "toId": "E25",
    "label": "Operator named by ministry",
    "period": "2018 notice on 2017 events",
    "status": "Administrative record",
    "sources": [
      "S36"
    ],
    "caseId": "C18",
    "note": "The ministry separately left the relationship with Ming Xiang 899 open for further investigation."
  },
  {
    "id": "R08",
    "fromId": "E31",
    "toId": "E30",
    "label": "Reported operator",
    "period": "2020–2021 voyage / investigative profile",
    "status": "Investigative attribution",
    "sources": [
      "S43"
    ],
    "caseId": "C19",
    "note": "Operator attribution comes from the investigation; not a current registry certification."
  },
  {
    "id": "R09",
    "fromId": "E34",
    "toId": "E33",
    "label": "Company identified in payment record",
    "period": "2020 enforcement and payment",
    "status": "Official record",
    "sources": [
      "S40"
    ],
    "caseId": "C21",
    "note": "A company-level payment record; this does not establish current beneficial ownership."
  },
  {
    "id": "R10",
    "fromId": "E37",
    "toId": "E35",
    "label": "Company identified in prosecution",
    "period": "2020 trial referral",
    "status": "Prosecution record",
    "sources": [
      "S47"
    ],
    "caseId": "C22",
    "note": "A prosecution-stage connection, not a finding that the company was convicted."
  },
  {
    "id": "R11",
    "fromId": "E36",
    "toId": "E35",
    "label": "Captain named by prosecutors",
    "period": "2020 trial referral",
    "status": "Prosecution record",
    "sources": [
      "S47"
    ],
    "caseId": "C22",
    "note": "Requested penalties are not a final judgment."
  },
  {
    "id": "R12",
    "fromId": "E39",
    "toId": "E38",
    "label": "Operator / company association",
    "period": "2024–2025 record",
    "status": "Official and reported record",
    "sources": [
      "S49",
      "S50"
    ],
    "caseId": "C23",
    "note": "Domestic Argentine operation; flag and ultimate control are separate questions."
  },
  {
    "id": "R13",
    "fromId": "E40",
    "toId": "E39",
    "label": "Owner identified in reporting",
    "period": "2024–2025 profile",
    "status": "Investigative attribution",
    "sources": [
      "S50",
      "S73"
    ],
    "caseId": "C23",
    "note": "Chinese birthplace is not evidence of state direction or a separate offense."
  },
  {
    "id": "R14",
    "fromId": "E48",
    "toId": "E47",
    "label": "Historical operating relationship",
    "period": "2015–2018",
    "status": "Regulatory and company record",
    "sources": [
      "S68",
      "S66"
    ],
    "caseId": "C30",
    "note": "The vessel was sold in 2018 and removed from the SPRFMO IUU list in 2020."
  },
  {
    "id": "R15",
    "fromId": "E49",
    "toId": "E48",
    "label": "Historical group connection",
    "period": "2016 court record",
    "status": "Judicial corporate context",
    "sources": [
      "S67"
    ],
    "caseId": "C30",
    "note": "This is a dated corporate link, not a current ownership assertion or a fraud conviction."
  },
  {
    "id": "R16",
    "fromId": "E51",
    "toId": "E50",
    "label": "Company officer and defendant",
    "period": "2012–2015 conduct; 2019 sentence",
    "status": "Guilty plea and sentence",
    "sources": [
      "S69",
      "S70",
      "S71"
    ],
    "caseId": "C31",
    "note": "The U.S. processor’s conduct is not attributed to every overseas supplier."
  }
]