Detecting 3 individuals reported being illegally transported (Department of Police Economic Police of Hoa Binh Province)

Clouded Leopard is a wildlife species in the List of endangered precious and rare species prioritized for protection promulgated in Decree 160/2013 / ND-CP. All acts of hunting, catching, killing, transporting, trading and storing clouded newspapers are acts of criminal law regardless of the quantity, volume or value of material evidences under the Criminal Code 2015 ( amended and supplemented 2017 - hereinafter referred to as the 2017 Penal Code) came into effect on January 1, 2018.

Accordingly, the violations of wildlife can be imprisoned up to 15 years or 5 billion VND for individuals and fined up to 15 billion VND, suspended from 6 months to 3 years of operation or suspended from operation. permanently to legal entities.

Ms. Bui Thi Ha, Director of Policy and Law Program of the Center for Nature Education (ENV) said: “The illegal transportation of brooding newspapers of Bui Van Mien has met the requirements of Clause 2, Article 244 of the PC 2017. Thus, if this subject does not have aggravating circumstances or reduced criminal liability, they may be subject to a penalty of 5 to 10 years in prison. ENV hopes that the competent authorities will effectively apply the 2017 Penal Code to give an appropriate judgment to the target to strictly deter those who are ambitious to make money from wildlife. ”