Guilty Pleas in Endangered Sea Cucumber Smuggling
Two wildlife traffickers have pleaded guilty in a federal court in California for illegally smuggling endangered sea cucumbers, highly valued in China for their culinary and medicinal uses, including their reputation as an aphrodisiac. Zunyu Zhao and Xionwei Xiao were charged with conspiring to import brown sea cucumbers, worth over $10,000, from Mexico between 2017 … Read more