"On Nov. 18, 2022, Ku was sentenced to concurrent terms of one year and one day imprisonment, two years’ supervised release and a $20,000 fine."
For smuggling almost nine thousand CITES animals worth five million? Almost like not being busted at all.
It doesn't help that people like this can still do business in the mainstream reptile market. Blacklisting convicted traffickers would help some, but the websites that could make this happen don't seem to have the stomach to keep the bad actors out.
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