Teo Boon Ching pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking.
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in the United States over his role in the trafficking of some 219kg of rhinoceros horns worth an estimated US$2.1 million .
“Teo was a member of a transnational criminal conspiracy engaged in the large-scale international trafficking and smuggling of rhinoceros horns to sell to foreign buyers, including buyers represented to be in Manhattan. He said Teo met with an undercover agent several times to negotiate the sale of the horns, including in Malaysia.
“In August 2019, the confidential source, at the direction of law enforcement, purchased 12 rhinoceros horns from Teo with money that Teo believed were the proceeds of other illegal wildlife trafficking and was in bank accounts in New York.
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