A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to Tanzania as evidence against their smuggler.

The smuggler fled Thailand but was eventually tracked down and arrested in Bulgaria, Interpol said. Her arrest helped police map a larger wildlife trafficking network, resulting in the arrests of 14 additional suspects in an operation involving Thai and Tanzanian police and officers from Interpol.

More than a hundred endangered tortoises have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network, the international criminal police organization Interpol said Friday.

More than a hundred baby tortoises, mainly deceased, were returned from Thailand to Tanzania as evidence against a wildlife smuggling network. Discovered at Bangkok's airport, these tortoises highlight the global impact of wildlife trafficking.

The rescued tortoises included several endangered or vulnerable species, such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises, and Aldabra giant tortoises, all of which are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

MORE than a hundred baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network, the international police organisation Interpol said.

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