ELR Citation: ELR 20122
No(s). 04-15487 (11th Cir. Jun 23, 2006)

The court upholds an individual's 17-month sentence for importing and conspiring to import protected orchids in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The individual used legally imported orchids to avo...