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Ringleader of International Rhino Smuggling Conspiracy Pleads Guilty in New Jersey to Wildlife Trafficking Crimes

30 Rhino Horns Smuggled to China to Make Imitation Antiques and “Medicine”

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2013. Zhifei Li, the owner of an antique business in China, pleaded guilty today to being the organizer of an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and elephant ivory worth more than $4.5 million were smuggled from the United States to China.

The guilty plea was announced by Robert G.…

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