Shanghai police cracked down on 35 cases of illegal acquisition, sale of precious and endangered wildlife
China-Singapore Online News, April 13 (Reporter Li Shuzheng) The reporter learned from the Shanghai police on the 13th that the Shanghai police and relevant departments have recently launched a centralized investigation and punishment of 54 suspected illegally acquired, sold, and endangered wildlife dens in Shanghai. The police arrested more than 40 people involved in the case and seized 180 wild animals under national protection, including turtles, parrots, lizards and other categories.
The police said that recently, many online social platforms have frequently appeared transactions involving wildlife such as turtles and parrots, including Indian star turtles, leopard tortoises, and yellow-headed Amazon parrots. . It has aroused great concern from the Shanghai police.
After discovering the clues of the case, the police immediately launched a case investigation. In response to the criminal characteristics of frequent online transactions and relatively fixed circles in such cases, the actual controller of the account that frequently published illegal transaction messages on the social network platform started with a comprehensive use of multiple investigation methods. Gradually clarified the identity information and activities of suspects suspected of illegally acquiring and selling precious and endangered wildlife crimes, and portrayed the entire illegal transaction network.
The police arrested more than 40 people involved in the case and seized 180 wild animals under national protection, including turtles, parrots, lizards and other categories. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Police
After investigation, the suspect Chen Mou and other sellers published transaction information in the wild animal enthusiast group on multiple online social platforms in order to obtain illegal profits, ranging from several hundred to tens of thousands (RMB, the same below). The prices of illegally sold turtles, parrots, lizards and other national key protected wild animals to dozens of buyers in Shanghai, and then completed the transaction through offline self-promotion.
The police said that according to the "Wildlife Protection Law" and related laws and regulations, wild animal resources belong to the state, and it is prohibited to sell, purchase, or use the national key protected wild animals and their products. The above-mentioned buyers and sellers are still acquiring and selling wild animals under the state's key protection of wildlife, and their acts have been suspected of illegally acquiring, selling precious and endangered wildlife.
At present, 35 criminal suspects such as Chen Mou have been taken criminally compulsory measures according to law, and the rest have been transferred to relevant administrative departments for handling. (Finish)