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

English

Country
China
Date of text
Type of court
National - lower court
Sources
ECOLEX
Court name
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou City
Free tags
Wild species & ecosystems
Link to full text
https://www.unodc.org/cld/v3/sherloc/
Abstract
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)