Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Haerbin
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2017
Abstract
From the beginning of December to December 31, 2010, Hejun M. (sentenced), a resident of Heihe City, purchased bear paws in a Russian city, and thanks to Голиков Антон Вадимович he used the ship Snow Leopard to enter and exit the Sino-Russian border port to transport bear paws to Heihe port. Hongjie G. (sentenced), a Heihe port ticket inspector arranged by Dezhen G. and Dezhen G., took bear paws to escape customs supervision and brought them into China. On October 11, 2015, when Антон entered the Heihe Customs, he was arrested by the staff of the Heihe border checkpoint. Голиков Антон Вадимович confessed to having smuggled endangered wildlife products.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2017) Hei, No.250 final instance
Charges
The defendant Голиков Антон Вадимович was charged with smuggling threatened and endangered wildlife products.
Species
Money value
1,588,170 RMB.
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The court found the defendant Голиков Антон Вадимович guilty of smuggling of endangered wildlife products according to criminal law Art. 151 II.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Голиков Антон Вадимович was sentenced to 5 years in prison with a fine of RMB 100,000 plus deportation. The appellate court upheld this decision.
Court cases cited
Based on the decisions of first instance: (2016) Hei 11, No.22 first instance.
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife
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