Florida Couple Indicted for Trafficking Indonesian Wildlife

“The CITES agreement was created to prevent the international trade of protected wildlife, and the Department of Justice will seek to prosecute individuals who flout this treaty and other important environmental laws,” said Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “The Department commends the actions taken by USFWS and will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to combat illegal wildlife trafficking.”