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Tag: Operation Crash
Operation Crash: U.S. Indicts Groenewald Brothers for Rhino Horn Trafficking
South Africans Dawie Groenewald and his brother Janneman have been charged in the United States with conspiracy to sell illegal rhino hunts, and numerous related […]
Operation Crash: California Duo Indicted for Illegal Rhino Horn Sale
Two San Francisco Bay Area men, identified as Edward N. Levine of Mill Valley and Lumsden W. Quan of San Francisco, were formally charged with […]
U.S. Sentences Rhino Horn Trafficker Michael Slattery Jr. to Prison
On January 10, 2014, U.S. District Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York sentenced Irish national Michael Slattery Jr. to 14 months […]
U.S. Operation Crash: Zhifei Li Pleads Guilty to Rhino Horn, Ivory Trafficking
Chinese national Zhifei Li has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an illegal operation which smuggled 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and […]
‘Operation Crash’: U.S. Sentences Rhino Horn Trafficker Qiang Wang to Prison
New York antiques dealer Qiang Wang, aka Jeffrey Wang, was sentenced in federal court on December 5, 2013, to three years and one month in […]
‘Operation Crash’: Antiques Dealer Qiang Wang Pleads Guilty to Rhino Horn, Ivory Smuggling
Qiang Wang, a New York antiques dealer arrested in February 2013 as part of “Operation Crash”, has pled guilty to conspiracy to smuggle artifacts made […]
‘Operation Crash’ Update: US Sentences Rhino Horn Traffickers to Prison
A federal judge has sentenced Vinh Chuong “Jimmy” Kha, and Felix Kha, to 42 and 46 months in prison for their involvement with a rhino […]
‘Operation Crash’: Chinese Business Exec Pleads Guilty to Rhino Horn Trafficking
Shusen Wei, the founder of Dongying Yisheng Petroleum Product Sales Co. Ltd. and Vice Chairman of the local Dongying Chamber of Commerce, has pleaded guilty […]
‘Operation Crash’: NY Antiques Dealer Sentenced to Prison for Rhino Horn Trafficking
Manhattan antiques dealer David Hausman will spend six months in jail followed by one year of supervised release for his role in the trafficking of […]