Woman sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment for smuggling dried shark fins (with photo)

A 29-year-old Chinese woman, who smuggled dried shark fins into Hong Kong, was convicted at the District Court today (October 16) for violating the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (Cap. 586) (the Ordinance) and sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said that the passenger arrived at Hong Kong International Airport from Brazil via Ethiopia on March 22 this year. Upon inspection of her luggage by Customs officers, a batch of suspected scheduled dried shark fins was found inside the luggage. AFCD officers subsequently attended the scene, examined the specimens and confirmed that they were scheduled dried shark fins, weighing a total of about 52 kilograms, with an estimated market value of about $200,000. The woman was prosecuted by the AFCD for illegal import of specimens of endangered species. She was convicted at the District Court today, and the court adopted a starting point of 15 months' imprisonment for sentencing. With a one-third reduction given for her guilty plea, the defendant was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. Some shark and ray species are listed in the Ap

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