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The defendants Meiyun L., Ligang Z., etc. charged with felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Zhejiang Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Jinhua
National - lower court
Criminal
2016

Meiyun L. illegally purchased and sold endangered wildlife products such as ivory, rhino horns, and helmet hornbill products, whose total value was 231,500 yuan. Since August 2013, Zhenhua Z.

The defendants Min G., Zhiqiang X. and Linzheng G. charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Fujian Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Putian
National - lower court
Criminal
2020

On December 2, 2013, Min G., Zhiqiang X. and Linzheng G. sold a rhino horn product to Meiyang L.. After identification, the rhino horn had a net weight of 4.942 kg and a value of RMB 1.231 million. On December 17, 2018, the Xianyou County Public Security Bureau seized 16 suspected ivory beads at Min G.'s rental house.

The defendant Fenxiang W. charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Shanxi Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Taiyuan
National - lower court
Criminal
2016

Since 2011, Fenxiang W. had been operating No.115 "Gulinxuan" and No. 105 "Wangudian" in Nangong Antique City in Yingze District, Taiyuan City. From May 2013 to June 2014, Fenxiang W.

The defendant Jinyu W. charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife (appellate case)

China
Hunan Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Yiyang
National - lower court
Criminal
2018

From April to June 2017, Jinyu W. purchased two live snakes from two WeChat friends at a price of 1700 yuan and 260 yuan through WeChat transfer, respectively. On December 26, 2017,Jinyu W. posted information on the sale of these 2 snakes in the Post Bar, and at the same time contacted potential buyers through WeChat group.

The defendants Yuan C. and Tao D. charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Jiangsu Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Nanjing
National - lower court
Criminal
2019

From August to October 2017, Yuan C. posted the sale information of the gold python that he incubated on the "Crawling World" website. During the period, 4 gold pythons were sold. Subsequently, the police seized 30 pythons from his house.

The defendant Zebiao K. charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Guangdong Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou
National - lower court
Criminal
2019

On July 25, 2018, Zebiao K. was arrested by public security personnel while carrying a brown hornbill in the corridor for sale. Subsequently, in the 703 room, the public security personnel seized a living brown hornbill and 14 dead bodies of other wild animals that Zebiao K. purchased from criminals and waited to be sold.

The defendant Cheng F. charged with felony counts of illegally purchasing and selling threatened and endangered wildlife products (first instance case)

China
People's Court of Mangshi
National - lower court
Criminal
2018

On April 4, 2018, the defendant Cheng F. was carrying a suspected rhino horn and was going to take a flight from Mangshi to Kunming, where he was found at the security checkpoint of Mangshi Airport. After weighing, the net weight of the suspected rhino horn seized was 0.016 kg.

Haibao H., Zhanxing N., etc. and Guosheng F. illegally purchased, transported, and sold threatened and endangered wildlife species prodcuts (appellate case).

China
Intermediate Court of Jilin
Others
Criminal
2019

In March 2017, Zhanxing N. and his daughter Yan N. went to Yanjiao Town to meet with Lianji W. (separate case) and her boyfriend defendant Taihao J., and bought one rhino horn for RMB 210,000. In late March of the same year, Zhanxing N. and Yan N. sold the rhino horn to Guosheng F. and Shijie J. at a price of RMB 230,000.

The defendant Hu charged with felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife products (first instance case)

China
People's Court of Xishan District
National - lower court
Criminal
2018

From 2015 to 2016, defendant Hu, in the mahogany store he operated, had 2 suspected ivory brands (identified as Asian elephants or African ivory products, weighing 0.071 kg and worth RMB 2958), one suspected rhino horn were sold to Liu for 1200 yuan.

The defendant Jianxing L. Shengzhi C. charged with felony counts of illegally hunting, purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife species ( trial at first instance case)

China
Intermediate People's Court of Sanya
National - lower court
Criminal
2019

The defendant Jianxing L., illegally purchased 5 pieces of ivory products from elephants which were threatened and endangered wild animals, and shipped them to Sanya and handed them to the defendant Shengqi C. for sale.

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