Chinese national sentenced to prison for smuggling turtles from US to Hong Kong
Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department ...
Turtle trafficker in SoCal gets 30 months in prison for smuggling protect species to Hong Kong
A Hong Kong man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for smuggling a protect turtles species after wildlife ...
He helped smuggle ‘status symbol’ turtles to China. He got nearly three years in prison
A federal judge sentenced Sai Keung Tin, a Chinese citizen, to nearly three years in prison for his role in smuggling ...
Man who tried to mail 40 turtles from Southern California to China sentenced to 2½ years
The turtles intercepted at a Torrance mail facility were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move ...
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Thailand to return nearly 1,000 trafficked lemurs, tortoises to Madagascar
are found only on the Indian Ocean island, and experts say they are threatened by trafficking into the pet trade. The furry primates and the tortoises will be sent to special centres once they ...
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Over 120 giant tortoises stolen on Galapagos Islands
Perpetrators might face up to ten years in prison. The Galapagos Islands are home to 11 species of giant tortoises. Four other species are considered extinct. In 1978 UNESCO designated the World ...