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Antiques Dealer Sentenced in Manhattan to Two Years in Prison for Smuggling Cups Made from Rhinoceros Horns

Canadian Banned from Dealing in Wildlife

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2015.  Linxun Liao, 35, a citizen of Canada, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to two years in prison for his role in a wildlife trafficking scheme in which he purchased and smuggled 16 “libation cups” carved from rhinoceros horns and worth more than $1 million from the United States to China, announced Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden for the Environment and Natural Resources…

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