22-09-2023, 05:32 PM
22 Sep 2023
Customs officials at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris say they have seized almost 400 skulls from protected monkey species over seven months last year.
Customs agents at the French capital’s largest airport said on Thursday that they intercepted 392 posted packages from May to December 2022 containing primate skulls mostly from Cameroon and destined for recipients in the United States.
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This “sordid” business generates 8 billion to 20 billion euros (US$8.5bn to US$21.3bn) per year, Beltran said.
According to news reports, the skulls were likely destined for collectors and hunting clubs in the US, where the skulls are presented as gifts or prizes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/22...82007277=1
Customs officials at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris say they have seized almost 400 skulls from protected monkey species over seven months last year.
Customs agents at the French capital’s largest airport said on Thursday that they intercepted 392 posted packages from May to December 2022 containing primate skulls mostly from Cameroon and destined for recipients in the United States.
......
This “sordid” business generates 8 billion to 20 billion euros (US$8.5bn to US$21.3bn) per year, Beltran said.
According to news reports, the skulls were likely destined for collectors and hunting clubs in the US, where the skulls are presented as gifts or prizes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/22...82007277=1