Luxury Handbag Designer Nancy Gonzalez Sentenced to Prison for Smuggling Exotic Reptile Purses
Miami, Florida – A Colombian luxury handbag designer, known for creating handbags carried by celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Salma Hayek, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling purses made of skins from protected reptiles. Nancy Gonzalez, 71, was convicted of illegally importing handbags made from caimans and pythons, violating an international treaty signed by both Colombia and the US. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and …