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Tanzanian court to hear live animal smuggling case

Xinhua, August 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Tanzanian court on Aug. 9 will begin hearing of a case in which seven people, including two foreigners, are accused of attempting to smuggle out of the country live animals on March 23 this year.

One of the accused is an Assistant Director for Wildlife Division in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Charles Mulokozi.

Others are two nationals of the Netherlands, Robert Rogath and Artem Verdanian, and three officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Nyangabo Musika, Martina Nyakangara and Gerald Anthony, and a businessman identified as Iddy Misanya.

They were charged with conspiring to smuggle out 61 live monkeys captured in the east African country worth 7,320 U.S. dollars, which were being ferried from Kilimanjaro International Airport to Albania. Endit