Arrested For Smuggling & Selling Sea Cucumbers!

@LeaPea2417 (36438)
Toccoa, Georgia
May 21, 2017 2:01pm CST
Yes, that is what I read about late last night online. I did a double take when I saw the head line. It seemed kind of freaky, but it is true. A father and son illegally were smuggling and selling sea cucumbers here in the US and selling them to Asian Markets because they are a delicacy in Asian countries. A person can buy and sell sea cucumbers if they have the proper permits and operate in the right season. What these guys did wrong was that they bought 13 million dollars of illicitly harvested sea cucumbers and they imported it into the US and sold them to the Asian Countries for 17.5 million dollars. They hid their actions by falsifying documents. I looked up sea cucumbers and they are really kind of ugly and fat and round and long. It grossed me out to think they are a delicacy in some areas of the world.
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
21 May 17
Pity that you didn't add a photo.
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sheblish
@shebish (775)
• Egypt
21 May 17
@MALUSE I am still unsure what links and photos are allowed, so sometimes I do not add a photo Is it if we give the credit to the photographer or the story that we can use it on mylot ?
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M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
21 May 17
@shebish You can check on the site 'Wikimedia Commons' or try to find another site with free photos. When the name of the photographer is given, you can mention it together with the name of the site where you've found the photo. At least this is the way I do it.
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sheblish
@shebish (775)
• Egypt
21 May 17
@MALUSE Thank you for clarifying this for me.
marguicha
@marguicha (215402)
• Chile
21 May 17
We eat (or better said "ate") ,any seafood that has been harvested until they are almost extinct Those people should spend some time in jail besides paying a huge fine. Mothing can be done if someone kills part of the animals on earth.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (71664)
• United States
22 May 17
Wow well how foolish of them as now they are going to have fines to pay and will have less money then they started with and a bad reputation to boot.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
I agree, they were very foolish.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325737)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 May 17
People keep on trying to make easy money don't they?
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
Yes, it is crazy what some will do for it.
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Gabby Bugwadia
@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
22 May 17
My goodness! That's so obnoxious and wrong ! @LeaPea2417
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
I agree, very wrong.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
@Gabugs That is true, it is all in what you are used to eating.
Gabby Bugwadia
@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
22 May 17
@LeaPea2417 Tastes and traditions differ in each culture.
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Timothy Roberts
@theBlock (2657)
• United States
21 May 17
@LeaPea2417 I-read-that------I-don't-think-I-would-ever-try-that----even-for-free
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
I wouldn't eat it either.
Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 May 17
Cripes..those guys are rich in the first place. Much wants more. Yes I have seen those very ugly creatures.
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
21 May 17
Thats a lot of sea cucumbers.
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Mike Page
@magnumopus (1647)
• Singapore
22 May 17
It seems the sea cucumber is a lucrative illegal buisness although crimes doesn't pay in this case.
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Gil ggg
@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
21 May 17
I never tasted sea cucumber, have you? What kind of taste it has?
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 May 17
No, and I would never try it.
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sheblish
@shebish (775)
• Egypt
21 May 17
That sounded like a very complicated smuggling ring I am glad they were caught , too much is taken from our Oceans and Sea`s the rules that are in place to protect them are there for a good reason.
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