Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Guangzhou
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2015
Abstract
On December 20, 2014, the defendant entered the port of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport on flight KQ882 (Nairobi-Guangzhou). When passing through the customs inspection area, he walked through the no-declaration channel and did not declare any items to the customs. When inspected by customs staff, the net weight of ivory products was 2.43 kg. After appraisal, the above-mentioned ivory products are all modern ivory products, valued at RMB 10,1250.81.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2015) Sui Middle Court No.55 Criminal two First instance
Charges
The defendant was charged of a crime of smuggling precious and endangered animal products.
Species
Money value
Total Value of RMB 58,333.8
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The defendant committed the crime of smuggling precious animal products.
Appealed
No
Penalty
1. The defendant committed the crime of smuggling precious animal products and was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of one year and six months with a fine of RMB 10,000. 2. The seized smuggled ivory product (2.43 kg) was confiscated and turned over to the State Treasury.
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