A woman has been sentenced at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court for trading in endangered species without certification. Dovile Vaitkeviciute, 31 (23.11.84) of Trinity Avenue, Nottingham has today, Thursday, 29 September, been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years. She was further sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and given a £685 fine. […]

A man and a woman have today, Tuesday, 13 September been fined over £3,000 after they were found guilty of importing and offering endangered tortoises for sale. The investigation began when officers from the Met accompanied the City of London Animal Health Inspector to an address in Shackleton Court, London, W12 on 29 April 2015 […]

A dealer who tried to sell an elephant tusk at Christie’s has been spared a fine after claiming he was “misled” by their antiques experts. Barry Collins, 64, said he was given the “completely wrong advice” when he took the ivory to be offered for sale by the prestigious auctioneers. Experts at Christie’s assessed the […]

A Norwich woman has been involved in the illegal sale of tiger parts to a buyer in China, it has emerged. The discovery of a package containing four tiger paws and a tail by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport’s World Distribution Centre sparked an investigation which would lead back to Norwich. The package containing […]