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(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed criminal charges against alleged smugglers of agricultural products. The bureau said charges were filed against Santo Nino Marketmarket Co. and the Navotas Fish Traders Association Market. The BOC said the one count for violation of Section 1401 (Unlawful Importation) of Republic Act No. 10864 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) in relation to other sections of the act, Sections 3, 4, and 5 of R.A. […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — Cambodia has seized nearly a tonne of ivory hidden in hollowed-out logs and discovered inside an abandoned shipping container, an official said Wednesday. The country has become a key regional transit point for the illicit wildlife trade. Nearly 280 pieces of ivory — full and partial elephant tusks — were found in the container at the southwestern port of Sihanoukville after sitting there for a year. The shipment, owned by […]
The Philippines may have been the destination for the 125 exotic birds allegedly stuffed into drain pipes by smugglers who were arrested in Indonesia, a wildlife conservation group said. Dwi Adhiasto of the Wildlife Conservation Society, which works with Indonesian authorities to halt the lucrative illegal trade in wildlife, said this was because the four men–who are allegedly part of a wildlife trafficking ring–are linked to “a parrot smuggling network there.” The four men have […]
https://youtu.be/L4xrAEhFgko Port Dickson, Malaysia – 14 April 2016 – AFP — Malaysia on Thursday destroyed 9.5 tonnes of elephant ivory it had seized over the years, which authorities hope will help deter smugglers who have long used the country as a trans-shipment point. The huge pile of African elephant tusks, estimated to be worth $20 million, was first fed into in an industrial crusher to be pulverised, and then incinerated in a giant furnace in […]
Living conditions for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar should be improved to discourage them from making risky sea journeys at the hands of human traffickers, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State said on Friday (May 22). Antony Blinken made the comments after holding talks with the government in the capital Naypyidaw, to discuss the migrant crisis that has left thousands of people stranded on overcrowded boats in the Bay of Bengal. Myanmar’s military chief said […]
