Turtle Smuggling

• Vancouver man fined $18,000 for trying to smuggle 19 live turtles into Canada

  Li Wan was caught with the turtles at the U.S.-Canada Border on Jan. 27, 2018, after failing to declare them.

  Jun 3, 2019
  
• Windsor, Ont. man fined $3,500 for smuggling turtles in his pants

  A man caught smuggling 38 turtles in his pants has been fined $3,500 and placed on probation for two years.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2016
  
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• WATCH: Shanghai customs seizes 2,000 turtles from smugglers

  The Shanghai customs on Jan. 27 said more than 2,000 turtles had been intercepted from smugglers, which include some threatened species such as the black pond turtles, Amboina box turtles and pig-nosed turtles.

  World

  Jan 31, 2016
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• Canadian pleads guilty to smuggling after being caught with turtles in his pants

  A Canadian man caught with dozens of turtles in his pants has pleaded guilty to smuggling in a federal court in Michigan.

  World

  Dec 1, 2015
• Detroit Zoo cares for turtles allegedly smuggled by Canadian in cereal boxes

  The Detroit Zoo says it's taking care of more than 1,000 turtles U.S. authorities said were found stuffed in rubber snow boots and cereal boxes in a Canadian man's luggage at the city's airport.

  Oct 3, 2014