SINGAPORE, Aug 30 — Wildlife trafficking is now a “serious offence” under Singapore’s organised crime law, the city-state’s interior ministry has said, with those...
The pangolin is said to be the most trafficked mammal on Earth. Its scales are often found smuggled across borders, including in Singapore . — Reuters picSINGAPORE, Aug 30 — Wildlife trafficking is now a “serious offence” under Singapore ’s organised crime law, the city-state’s interior ministry has said, with those prosecuted under the code subject to sentences of up to 20 years behind bars.
If found to have links with crime groups, offenders could face up to 20 years in prison under the organised crime act, the ministry added. Wildlife traffickers without links to organised crime are not covered by the act, and only face up to six years in jail. The move was a “proactive measure” to deter operations of “organised crime groups should such activities emerge in Singapore in the future”, it added.
Singapore authorities in October 2022 made their biggest seizure of rhino horn, confiscating a US$830,000 haul from a smuggler arriving from South Africa and intending to travel on to Laos.
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