A Gzuniga luxustáskákat gyártó cég alapítóját hétfőn 18 hónap börtönbüntetésre ítélték.
Az amerikai igazságügyi minisztérium keddi közleményéből derült ki, hogy Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberit, a Gzuniga luxustáskákat gyártó cég alapítóját hétfőn 18 hónap börtönbüntetésre ítélték, amiért illegálisan importált Kolumbiából az Egyesült Államokba olyan árucikkeket, melyek védett vadon élő állatok bőréből készültek.
Mauricio Giraldót, Gonzalez egyik társát szintén börtönbüntetésre ítélték. Gzunigát kötelezték az összes kézitáska átadására a korábban lefoglalt termékeken felül, továbbá 3 évre eltiltották minden olyan tevékenységtől, mely vadon élő állatok kereskedelmével kapcsolatos.
Egy másik bűnpártoló, John Camilo Aguilar Jaramillo korábban, április 8-án bűnösnek vallotta magát, és június 27-én fogják elítélni. Gonzalez, Giraldo és Jaramillo mind kolumbiai állampolgárok, s azért adták ki őket az Egyesült Államoknak, hogy szembenézzenek az ellenük felhozott vádakkal.
A kajmán- és pitonfajok – melyekből a vállalat táskákat készített – a veszélyeztetett vadon élő állat- és növényfajok nemzetközi kereskedelméről szóló egyezmény (CITES) védelme alatt állnak, melyet az Egyesült Államok és Kolumbia is aláírt. A kajmánok és pitonok kereskedelme ugyan nem teljesen tiltott, de a CITES-szabályok szigorúan szabályozzák.
Letartóztattak két férfit az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban, mert több ezer védett madarat, köztük kopasz sasokat és rétisasokat gyilkoltak meg és kereskedtek velük.
A férfiak több éven keresztül lőtték a madarakat, majd szerveiket és a tollaikat eladták a feketepiacon.
A kopasz- és aranysasok a védett fajok közé tartoznak, ezért vádat emeltek ellenük illegális kereskedés miatt. A két férfit januárban állították bíróság elé.
A madarakat többnyire egy indián rezervátumban, Montana nyugati részén ejtették el.
Egyszer egy szarvastetemet használtak fel, hogy oda vonzzák a madarakat, mielőtt lelőtték őket.
A szerdán nyilvánosságra hozott vádirat 13 védett sasfajt említ, ezen kívül nem nevezték meg milyen egyéb ritka, vagy veszélyeztetett fajok voltak a leölt madarak között – írja a BBC.
A kopasz sas az Egyesült Államok nemzeti madara, a pénzen és a nemzeti pecséten is ábrázolják.
Az Egyesült Államok Hal- és Vadvédelmi Szolgálata szerint 1963-ban mindössze 417 fészkelő kopasz saspár élt az Államokban, ezért 1972-ben betiltották a rájuk vonatkozó vadászatot.
A Sky News szerint a két férfi öt év börtönbüntetésre és 250 000 dollár pénzbüntetésre is számíthat, ha bűnösnek találják őket.
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