Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania

Endangered tortoises returned to Tanzania as evidence in wildlife trafficking case
The rescued tortoises included several endangered or vulnerable species, such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises, and Aldabra giant tortoises, all of which are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Thais send smuggled tortoises home to Tanzania as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network.
Tanzania receives 116 tortoises as evidence in major trafficking probe
A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to Tanzania as evidence against their smuggler.
Smuggled tortoises returned to Tanzania amid wildlife trafficking crackdown
All are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES ... The creatures were packaged for return to Tanzania at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut ...
Tortoises returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence against suspected wildlife traffickers
More than a hundred endangered tortoises have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network, the international criminal police organization Interpol said Friday.
116 smuggled tortoises returned home to Tanzania
Interpol on Friday to be returned to Tanzania from Thailand. 98 of the animals, some of which are rare and endangered species, have already died but were returned as evidence. The baby tortoises were discovered two years ago in the luggage of a Ukrainian smuggler during an Interpol investigation.
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