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

Pays/Territoire
Chine
Type de cour
Nationale- cour inférieure
Date
Avr 21, 2007
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes
Résumé
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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