A rhino horn smuggler was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court in Vietnam, the largest sentence ever imposed in the country for this type of crime, announced on Wednesday (08/12) environmental protection organization.
The Vietnam It is both a transit country and a major market for the illicit trade in animal organs, and experts have long complained about the inability of the authorities to tackle the problem.
This week a 36-year-old man, o Do Minh Toan, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for illegally entering the Vietnam rhino horns from United Arab Emirates, pointed out the organization Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).
In 2019 customs at the airport Hanoi had found in the possession of this man 55 rhino horns, weighing 125 kg, hidden in plaster.
“This severe punishment shows that his principles Vietnam “began to impose severe penalties in order to prevent crimes against the environment,” said the deputy director of the ENV Bui Ti Ha.
In her traditional medicine Of China and his Vietnam rhino horn is used to treat many diseases.
The population of its rhinos Africa has been decimated by poachers fueling this illegal trade, which has been outlawed since the 1970s. Only 29,000 rhinos are still living in the wild in Africa, compared to more than 500,000 in the early 20th century, according to scientists.
According to ENV, a total of 317 offenses related to rhino horn smuggling have been detected in the country since 2017 and 24 people have been arrested and sentenced to sentences of more than 5 years on average.
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