ARTICLE · 05 DECEMBER 2016

Conviction For Ivory Smuggler

Siskinds LLP

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a combined fine totalling $12,500 against an auction company and its director for unlawfully exporting a product made of python...

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Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a combined fine totalling $12,500 against an auction company and its director for unlawfully exporting a product made of python and two pieces of elephant ivory. The products were exported in contravention of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA).

The WAPPRIITA was enacted to implement Canada's obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES bans or limits the trade of 1000s of listed plant and animal species, including their parts and derivatives. The illegal international trade in wildlife is extremely lucrative, and it continues to devastate the planet's biodiversity.

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Conviction For Ivory Smuggler

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