Reptiles, gold and money: How Australia is cracking down on wildlife trafficking

Mongabay
Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 pm107 ptsTrending
In Australia in May 2026, Yang Zeng, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was unlawfully in the country, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Zeng was convicted on nine charges related to the illegal export of native wildlife to Hong Kong, according to Australia’s Department of Climate Change,…

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