Actress sells illegal ivory products via WeChat

Updated: 2015-01-07 10:58

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Actress sells illegal ivory products via WeChat

Four ivory carvings and a rhino horn carving, part of the seized items in a crackdown on the illegal trade of products made from rare and endangered wild animals, are exhibited in a police bureau in Meishan, Sichuan, on Jan 5, 2015. [Photo/IC]

Yang made a profit of 450,000 yuan ($72,405) from the illegal trades before she was busted last September by the police of Meishan, Sichuan province in a crackdown on illegal purchasing, selling and transporting of products made from rare and endangered wild animals.

The case, the largest in a decade in the province, saw more than 1,200 items of precious wild animal products seized, with over 3 million yuan ($482,700) involved.

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