Vietnam gives longest ever jail term for trading rhino horn: NGO
A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said Wednesday
A rhino horn trader has been sentenced to 14 years in jail, the longest ever prison term a Vietnamese court has handed down for the crime, a local conservation group said Wednesday
The shipment is one of the largest rhino horn busts detected by customs at Hai Phong Port in recent years
An equal amount of genuine rhino horn is estimated at US$1.72 million
The defendants were involved in the smuggling of 204 kilograms of elephant tusks and rhino horns on September 30, 2019
The suspected wildlife parts have been confiscated, while the passenger has been sent to a quarantine area
Rhino horn powder is believed by many in Vietnam to have medicinal or even magical properties, while it does not
The wildlife parts were cut into smaller pieces to fit inside four milk cans
He received US$128,000 from selling the items and spent most of it on personal expenses and football betting