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douglas9

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2. Texas emerging as center for illegal trade of black rhino horns (from 2013)

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Fri Jul 24, 2020, 12:04 PM

Jul 2020

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Authorities say Slattery is part of the Rathkeale Rovers, a group of Irish nomads active in organized crime, including smuggling operations. Last year, members of the Rovers broke into a number of museums in Europe to steal rhino horns.

According to court documents, the auction house initially refused to sell to Slattery because he wasn’t a Texas resident. Slattery then found an unidentified Texas day laborer to stand in as the purchaser.

He and two other suspects later sold the horns, along with two others, to a Chinese buyer in New York City for $50,000, authorities allege. Officers from the Fish and Wildlife Service finally apprehended Slattery in a New Jersey airport last month.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2013/11/11/texas-emerging-as-center-for-illegal-trade-of-black-rhino-horns/

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Good! nt Duppers Jul 2020 #1

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