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The Peoples Procuratorate of Guangzhou City Guangdong Province v. Maged Tareq Mohammed Awn

País/Territorio
China
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte inferior
Fecha
Apr 21, 2007
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Resumen
On June 9, 2006, at 8:00pm, the defendant Maged Tareq Mohammed Awn arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, declared nothing to customs before entering China. Guangdong customs officials intercepted 6 elephant tusks, hidden in his suitcase. The seized ivory tusks were estimated to be worth 1,500,000RMB, which weigh a total of 33.34kg. The defendant told the court that the elephant tusks can be trade freely in Yemen and he did not know it would be illegal to bring ivory into China. (Provided by: UNODC SHERLOC)
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www.unodc.org