Tiger pelt, lion teeth: Anaheim couple sentenced for trafficking wildlife
The couple helped a person in Vietnam illegally transport wildlife items to and from Oregon, court documents showed. An Anaheim husband and wife, Linh Luu and Kevin Le, have pleaded guilty to trafficking protected wildlife between Oregon and Vietnam, receiving three years probation and $10,000 in fines. The couple processed $51,100 in payments from 2019 to 2021 to help a person in Vietnam illegally transport wildlife items to and from Oregon. The wildlife parts included American black bear gallbladders and cougar bones shipped to Vietnam, lion teeth, black and white rhinoceros horns and a tiger pelt imported into Oregon. All of the wildlife parts were listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a treaty regulating commercial trade in species that are or may become extinct.
Publicados : 14 horas atrás por City News Service no Environment World
An Anaheim husband and wife pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking protected wildlife between Oregon and Vietnam and were each sentenced to three years' probation and fined $10,000.
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Tópicos: Wildlife, Human Trafficking
