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Tanzania receives 116 tortoises as evidence in major trafficking probe
A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to Tanzania as evidence against their smuggler.
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116 smuggled tortoises returned home to Tanzania
Interpol on Friday to be returned to Tanzania from Thailand. 98 of the animals, some of which are rare and endangered species, have already died but were returned as evidence. The baby tortoises were discovered two years ago in the luggage of a Ukrainian smuggler during an Interpol investigation.
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Tortoise Trafficking Tracked: A Growing Threat to Wildlife
More than a hundred baby tortoises, mainly deceased, were returned from Thailand to Tanzania as evidence against a wildlife smuggling network. Discovered at Bangkok's airport, these tortoises highlight the global impact of wildlife trafficking.
Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network.
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Smuggled tortoises returned to Tanzania amid wildlife trafficking crackdown
The 116 tortoises were discovered hidden in the luggage of a Ukrainian woman at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport more than two years ago, the international police organisation added
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S’pore to work with Interpol member countries to track down assets of transnational criminals
SINGAPORE – The Republic will work with member countries of global police organisation Interpol to track down assets linked to transnational crime. It follows the introduction of the Silver ...