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Handbag Designer Gets Prison Time for Smuggling Caiman & Python Skin Purses: Shocking Details Inside!

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Miami, Florida – A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling handbags made from protected species into New York. Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberi, founder of luxury handbag company Gzuniga Ltd., was indicted on charges of conspiracy and smuggling after illegally importing handbags made from caiman and python skin between February 2016 and April 2019. Gonzalez, along with her company, pleaded guilty to the federal charges in November 2023. …

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Luxury Handbag Designer Jailed for Smuggling Exotic Caiman and Python Purses – Shocking Details Inside!

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Miami, Florida – A luxury handbag designer from Colombia has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally importing merchandise made from protected caiman and python species into the United States. Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberi, the founder of the luxury handbag company Gzuniga, was also ordered to forfeit all seized products and banned from commercial wildlife trade activities for three years. Gonzalez’s associate, Mauricio Giraldo, was also sentenced to prison, while another co-conspirator, …

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Luxury Handbag Designer Nancy Gonzalez Sentenced to Prison for Smuggling Exotic Reptile Purses

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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 …

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**Arrested Quincy Promes Faces Extradition to Netherlands for Cocaine Smuggling Amidst Luxury Stay in Dubai**

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Quincy Promes, a forward for Spartak Moscow, has recently been arrested in Dubai at the request of the Netherlands government. This arrest comes after Promes was sentenced to six years in prison last month for his involvement in drug trafficking. Dutch prosecutors have confirmed that they will seek his extradition to the Netherlands, as Promes did not participate in court hearings for his case in Amsterdam and is not expected …

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CBP officer facing 80 years for smuggling and bribery

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LAREDO, TX – A former officer of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), who was stationed at a Texas port of entry, has admitted to smuggling migrants into the country and accepting bribes to let in what he believed to be cocaine, according to officials on Monday. Emanuel Isac Celedon, 36, was an officer at the Lincoln Juarez Port of Entry in Laredo. Prosecutors have stated that Celedon informed smugglers of his assigned lane ahead …

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Animal Smuggling Scandal: Thai Officials Rescue Red Panda and More from Checked Luggage

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Bangkok, Thailand – Thai customs officials have intercepted an attempt to smuggle a variety of exotic animals from the country’s main airport this week. Among the rescued animals were a red panda, snakes, monkeys, chameleons, and other reptiles and mammals. The individuals behind the smuggling attempt were identified as six Indian nationals who were bound for Mumbai. The animals were found in checked-in luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Photos taken by the customs officials …

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U.S. charges Japanese mob boss with selling nuclear material to Iran

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MANHATTAN, NY – Takeshi Ebisawa, a reputed leader of the Japanese Yakuza, is facing charges from U.S. authorities for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to smuggle nuclear materials from Southeast Asia to Iran. The charges detail that Ebisawa presented samples of the nuclear materials to an undercover agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was posing as a drug and arms trafficker with links to Iran. These materials, believed to have been smuggled from Myanmar …

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