Published August 30, 2021 at 11:28 AM
Domestic. A 41-year-old man in central Skåne is now sentenced to two years in prison for engaging in extensive trade in CITES-protected reptiles for more than seven years. He is also convicted of violating the Animal Welfare Act, smuggling more than 1,300 lizards from Morocco to Sweden and animal cruelty.
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A 42-year-old man is simultaneously sentenced for participation in smuggling and animal cruelty to probation with a special treatment plan (contract care). The indictment against the men is almost completely upheld.
– Through the evidence that was seized, the prosecutor has been able to show that the man conducted what can almost be described as a miscellaneous trade in rare and protected reptiles. We have concluded that in 67 cases he ordered, bought, sold or tried to sell reptiles that are on CITES 'lists of particularly endangered animal species, says the court's chairman, Chief Counsel Thed Adelswärd in a statement.
This includes the desert product, which is highly endangered. Of this kind, he ordered 50 copies some time before the strike. According to the ruling, if the order had been delivered, it would have entailed a risk that one of the few populations of the species in the world would have become extinct.
There have been turtles and various snakes in the man's range, of which several species have been poisonous. missed. That is why he is convicted of both species protection violations and violations of the Animal Welfare Act, says Thed Adelswärd.
It was in 2011, when the 41-year-old returned from a long stay in China, that he started the illegal trade in reptiles in Malmö. The trade grew in scope and only ceased after the police and representatives of the County Administrative Board conducted a house search. During the house search, hundreds of lizards, turtles and snakes were seized as well as two crocodiles, many emaciated and emaciated.
The animals were taken to Kolmården but turned out to be in poor condition and most were killed later. A number of documents were also seized during the house search, as was the man's mobile phone. In this, the police found conversations on Messenger with other pet dealers in Egypt, Thailand, Vietnam and Morocco, among others.