Category: Wildlife Trafficking
Ricardo Alonzo, Smuggling Protected Parrots, California 2025
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John Michael Kreatsoulas, Wildlife Trafficking, Florida 2021
A Lee County man has been sentenced to prison for his role in a turtle smuggling ring that shipped thousands of turtles to Germany and Hong Kong. John Michael Kreatsoulas, 36, of Alva, Florida, was sentenced to serve a year and a day in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a…
Teo Boon Ching, Rhino Horn Trafficking, New York 2023
Teo Boon Ching, a/k/a ‘Zhang,’ a/k/a ‘Dato Sri,’ a/k/a ‘Godfather,’ was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilograms of rhinoceros horns worth millions of dollars that involved the illegal poaching of numerous rhinoceros, an endangered wildlife species. In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: ‘Wildlife trafficking is a…
Vanessa Rondeau, Wildlife Trafficking, New York 2020
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Christopher Casacci, Wildlife Trafficking, New York 2018
A New York man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for violating the Lacey Act and the Animal Welfare Act by trafficking African wild cats. Christopher Casacci, 39, of Amherst, was doing business as ‘ExoticCubs.com,’ through which he advertised, imported and sold exotic African cats. Between February and June of 2018, Casacci imported and…
Nathan Horton, Turtle Trafficking, Georgia 2015
Nathan Horton, a 36-year-old former resident of Bainbridge, Georgia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly trapping and exporting thousands of freshwater turtles in Georgia in violation of the Lacey Act, which regulates the trafficking and labeling of wildlife, fish, and plants. According to the indictment, Horton shipped thousands of freshwater turtles…
Troy Fairbanks, Wildlife Trafficking, South Dakota 2017
A Rapid City man has been sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking. Troy Fairbanks, 57, was convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Wildlife Trafficking and sentenced to 5 years’ probation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fairbanks was involved in the buying, selling, trading, and bartering of eagles and hawks, as…
Jose Torres, Wildlife Smuggling, California 2013
Wildlife Smuggling Ring Busted in Gardena LOS ANGELES – A Gardena man was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges that he attempted to smuggle live corals protected by an international treaty known as the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Jose Torres, 44,…
Richard Sheridan, Wildlife Trafficking, Florida 2019
MIAMI – In a shocking display of greed, Richard Sheridan, 50, an Irish national from Cottenham, Cambridge, United Kingdom, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his role in trafficking a libation cup made from the horn of a protected rhinoceros. On August 29, 2019, Sheridan was arraigned in federal court in Miami, Florida,…
David Sommers, Turtle Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2017
Levittown, PA – In a shocking revelation, David Sommers, a 62-year-old resident of Levittown, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia for trafficking in protected diamondback terrapins. According to the indictment, Sommers smuggled turtles and submitted false records for a package shipped to Canada and four violations of the Lacey Act…
