Muttley000 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Multiple Marinelife Dealers Indicted By Grand Jury For Coral Smuggling 51SHARES 510 Here’s a pro tip, don’t transport corals in a Pringles can, either to smuggle them or like ever. A grand Jury is indicting several persons and companies for alleged smuggling of wild corals, both into and out of the United States. One case involves some dubious paperwork regarding corals originating from Vietnam, which seemed like it may be opening up to coral collections several years ago, but which has already resulted in one big bust in the United Kingdom. It’s always hard to get coral exports started in a new country so this case might have been a mixup of legalese and paperwork. Marinelife being inspected at border crossing But one of the other cases is hard to misread; Jorge Vazquez, 39, of Garden Grove packed corals into Pringles cans and then the coward placed these in his mother’s luggage, not even his own! We just can’t help but chuckle at the sight of customs officials lifting up the Pringles cans to discover they weighed significantly more than potato chips ever should. It’s important to note that when these cases get reported by ‘mainstream media’ they often use a generous helping of hyperbole to describe these alleged crimes. Despite a few bad apples and some run-ins with the law, the marine aquarium trade is highly self-regulating and real, egregious smuggling of live coral is incredibly rare. [U.S. DOJ] https://reefbuilders.com/2017/09/28/multiple-marinelife-dealers-indicted-by-grand-jury-for-coral-smuggling/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hate seeing this kind of story, it gives all of us a bad name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 LOL Pringles!?! What a dummy. Stupid people crack me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biecacka Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Giving Pringles a bad name!! corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngliv3 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Well tropicorium got popped a few years ago for that same thing !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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