This week, the ladies of the BTC are talking smuggling! Join Janelle and Vicky as they look at a few of the strangest items smuggled across the globe.
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The National News – “Notorious wildlife thief loses bid for freedom”
The Guardian – “‘Pablo Escobar of eggs’ fights extradition to Brazil”
Live Science – “‘The Falcon Thief’ exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smuggler”
The War On Wildlife Project – “Egg thief Jeffrey Lendrum denied early release”
The Washington Post – “For years, Jeffrey Lendrum was at once an avid outdoorsman and merciless thief. Then he got caught.”
BBC News – “Jail for smuggler caught with eggs strapped to chest”
AFA Watchbird Magazine Archive – “Bird Smuggling – The Unforgiveable Crime” By Tom Ireland
Vice – “The Fantastical Story of the ‘Pablo Escobar of Eggs'”
The New York Times – “Global Cactus Traffickers Are Cleaning Out the Deserts”
Trill Magazine – “The Illegal Cactus Market: How The Multi-Million Dollar Industry is Driving Hundreds of Species to the Edge of Extinction”
Get to Text – “The surprising and successful international cactus trade”
Oddely – “Illegal Cactus Trafficking Threatens Hundreds Of Species With Extinction”
Aries Arise – “A raid on an Italian artifact smuggling ring may have unlocked a vast forgery web”
CNN Style – “How the sale of stolen antiquities funds organized crime”
ARCA – “More Details on Operation Demetra”
Artnet News – “Italian Police Nab Suspects in an Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation Code-Named ‘Operation Demetra'”
The Telegraph – “Italian police smash £30m international ancient artefact smuggling ring”
