Posted on 02/21/2018 7:42:23 PM PST by NorseViking
The damage from the actions of citizens of PRC in Primorye amounted to more than 50 million rubles.
They face a lengthy imprisonment if convicted.
Citizens of China are jailed before trial in Primorye for attempting to illegally export a large batch of wild animal parts, including the endangered Amur tiger, as well as firearms, ammunition and amber to the PRC, PRIMPRESS reports citing the press service of the Amur Tiger Protection Center.
According to the experts, the main part of the contraband are the derivatives of at least five individuals of the Amur tiger (clad skins, 18 claws, bones of skeletons, 4 knee cups) and 220 species of white-chested and brown bears (879 paws, 306 claws, 3 gallbladder and 6 knee cups ). The minimum aggregate damage from the extermination of these animals exceeded 50 million rubles.
The seized stones are raw amber costing 40 thousand rubles, and also seized saiga hunting guns. The export from Russia of each of these goods without special license is punishable.
"The investigation is underway, and all the details of the case will be clarified. I must say that this category of cases is difficult to investigate and almost always fails to reach the organizers and those people who directly murdered animals. They are always behind the scenes. And here it's not about the qualifications of the staff conducting the investigation, the difficulty of identifying all the participants in the smuggling of the chain is a global problem, "comments the general director of the Amur Tiger Center, Sergei Aramilev.
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What is that about $50.00?
$891679.71
Glad to see the Rooskis give it to them. Because that area is so sparsely populated and hard to police, you can bet that examples will be made - it’s the only way to deter this behavior.
Attempted smuggling of a large load of wild animal derivatives, including ones of the Siberian tiger as well as a firearm and amber brought some Chinese citizens into custody, as PRIMPRESS reported citing the ‘Amur Tiger’ organisation’s press office.
As experts have found out the main part of the load is derivatives of at least five individuals of the Siberian tiger (a dressed hide, 18 claws, bones and four knee-caps) and of at least of 220 of the white-bearded and the brown bears (879 legs, 306 claws, 3 gall bladder and 6 kneecaps). The damages are estimated as at least 50M rubles ($881K).
The confiscated stones are unprocessed amber worth 40,000 rubles ($705) and the firearm is a Saiga-410 smoothbore gun. Exporting any of these without a special permission is a felony.
‘The inquiry is under way, and we will learn more details of the case. One should know however that investigation of cases of this kind is a difficult job, and masterminds as well as animal killers are rarely to be identified. They always manage to remain in shadow. The detectives’ skills aren’t the issue, the task of following the criminal chain is too tough for any nation’s law enforcement’, comments the 'Amur Tiger’s Director General Sergei Aramilev.
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