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Laundering of rare parrots

May 2014: Seizure of rare macaws

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• April 2014, 2 Chinese citizens were caught at Budapest Airport smuggling 183 kg live glass eels from Spain to Hong Kong.

Concealing live glass eels in carry-on luggage

Illegal import of birds of prey from Tanzania

A vadon élő állat- és növényfajok keres-kedelmének szabályozása az Európai Unióban

Species in the shipment:

2 Hieraaetus spilogaster4 Aquila verreauxii2 Polemaetus bellicosus (SRG negative op.)1 Terathopius ecaudatus (SRG negative op.)3 Stephanoaetus coronarus (SRG no op.)2 Torgos trachileotus (SRG no op.)3 Gyps africanus(10 Corvus albus)(10 Corvus albicollis)