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Case Summary
United States v. Zheng
United States v. Zheng, No. 15-cr-00092 (D. Minn. May 9, 2016).
Précis
United States v. Zheng is an example of the growing U.S. effort to combat the multi-billion dollar trade in endangered species, particularly objects made of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn. This case involved a Chinese-born U.S. citizen accused of illegally importing
;and exporting protected objects between the U.S. and China.
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