DoJ asks BI to keep close watch on turtles smugglers By Benjamin B. Pulta 06/05/2011

DoJ asks BI to keep close watch on turtles smugglers

By Benjamin B. Pulta 06/05/2011
Justice officials have placed on its watch list the four traders who were caught red-handed while allegedly trying to ship out stuffed endangered turtles and other marine products out of the country.

In a two-page order, Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras III directed the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to place Exequiel D. Navarro, Olivia Lim Li, Kim L. Atillano and Ireneo Penuliar on its watch list.

The Bureau of Customs earlier had filed a P35-million smuggling complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) against the alleged haulers and shippers of black corals and other endangered marine species..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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