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Latin America

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Fri Aug 24, 2012, 07:32 AM Aug 2012

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Peru police seize dried seahorses

Police in Peru have seized more than 16,000 dried seahorses which were to be exported illegally to Asian countries.

Seahorse powder is used in China, Japan and elsewhere in traditional medicine and for its alleged aphrodisiac uses.

Peruvian authorities say the traffickers ran away and abandoned their illicit cargo on a street in the capital, Lima.

Police chief Victor Fernandez told the BBC the cargo could have fetched up to $250,000 (£160,000) abroad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19364702

What an exceedingly nasty trade.

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Peru police seize dried seahorses (Original Post) dipsydoodle Aug 2012 OP

This is unbelievable sad, and completely rotten. Hope this will discourage these assholes. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2012 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. This is unbelievable sad, and completely rotten. Hope this will discourage these assholes. n/t