Their names are contained in a trough of emails, payment receipts, invoices and banking details provided by WikiLeaks to The Namibian and other international media organisations, including Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit and Icelandic National Television.ĭocuments show that the scheme – linking the governments of Namibia and Angola – involve as much as N$2,5 billion and includes a state-owned company, the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor).Įsau, Shanghala and Hatuikulipi are pinpointed as the masterminds behind a donation of state-to-state fishing licences between 20, but which were used to divert money to individuals in both countries, paid through an Icelandic company. It has been a long road since those first years of G.U.S.T.O., hauling fish from the coast to deliver to upstate South Carolina restaurants, but it is very rewarding to look back and see the success that Sushi with Gusto has achieved today.FISHERIES minister Bernhard Esau, justice minister Sacky Shanghala and Investec Namibia's managing director, James Hatuikulipi, are the alleged kingpins in a fishing scheme that generated kickbacks of at least N$150 million over four years. He then joined Sushi with Gusto in 2003 and is vice president of sales today. Spiak’s son, Nick III, managed the seafood side of the business while his father focused on building the sushi business. Spiak gives a great deal of credit for Sushi with Gusto’s success to Fuji with his tireless efforts to create our signature recipes that offers our customers the best tasting sushi in the market today. Although operated by independent contractors, each chef is trained by executive chef, Hisamichi Fujimura (Fuji), at the company’s headquarters in Greer, South Carolina. The sushi bars are located throughout the country in grocery stores, university and health care facility food courts and dining halls. In the span of almost 20 years, Sushi with Gusto’s sushi bars have flourished with more than 300 today. In 1997, he decided to create a separate sushi business and Sushi with Gusto was born. While visiting Hawaii in the early ‘80s, Spiak was introduced to sushi and fell in love with it. So the name became, “Great Ukrainian Seafood Trucking Outfit – G.U.S.T.O.” Thankfully, his wife, Gladys, pointed out the acronym would read GUTS. Your favorite seafood comes by truck or plane from not only the Carolina coast, but from Boston, New Zealand and South America, where it was either farm-raised or caught at sea.īecause his father emigrated from Ukraine, Spiak dreamed up the name “Great Ukrainian Trucker of Seafood” for his new company. on the side deliver seafood to 165 restaurants. Today, nine boxy, refrigerated seafood trucks with G.U.S.T.O. In the beginning, he made deliveries to 12 customers. He was soon hauling fresh fish from the coast on ice in coolers, in the back of a pick-up. But Spiak persuaded former Greenville restaurateur Vince Perone to give grouper a chance. Flounder, king crab and scallops were the mainstays of menus alongside steak and potatoes. Nick Spiak was a visionary in the late ’70s when he hauled grouper from the coast to upstate South Carolina restaurants.
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