The Morrocoy turtle, or a Mexican strantula of orange legs or corn snake from some live animals that serve protection … From the nature of the Civil Guard (Seprona) was discovered in Spain last year. The agents investigated thirteen people and seized 192 live samples and 50 inactive pieces such as ivory, fangs, legs or leather in the framework of the “thunder”, which develops to reduce traffic and illegal marketing of protected species.
In total, the Civil Guard conducted 438 inspections in which 193 administrative and eleven violations were discovered. Criminal violations were linked to the crimes of the documentary, in addition to the crime of smuggling and the crime of abuse of animals due to trafficking in protected species while in administrative violations, violating the regulations related to animal health and infectious diseases-rings, for regulations on pets, the law of natural heredity and bilateral organizations.
Among the most important operations, the Civil Guard in Alkante from 18 samples of live turtles that belong to the species classified as threatened and internationally reserved. In the registration of a house in the municipality of Telde, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a total of 31 animals of different types, such as the tunes, the yellow scorpion-there was a very poisonous type there was no antidote in the entire Canary archipelago, which is a biton snake, files, and Weltrat.
In Holfa, a man hiding inside his car was a bag with 98 copies of different types of birds (80 Gilgueros and 18 Lúganos) who could not prove his origin, so it was criminal and administratively investigated.
The “Thunder process” also focused this year on the discovery of the import of Russia and Myanmar’s forests, which due to its origin and the restrictions imposed in the European Union, prohibited. The activity was implemented through the UNIVERSAE cooperation and Intel Academy, and specialists in new technologies and research methodology through open sources.
