A Brooklyn man stuffed hundreds of live turtles into socks and shipped them overseas as plastic toys, and he's not alone.

In one of the biggest seizures across India, over 6,000 turtles were rescued after a house was raided in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. A local has been arrested - he had allegedly stuffed the animals into ...

Turtles, bound in duct-tape, that were discovered in luggage at Manila's Ninoy Aquino international airport. Bureau of Customs NAIA When customs officials peered into four suitcases that had been ...

A New York City man will spend a year in federal prison after sending hundreds of protected turtles to China. According to the New York Daily News, Chu Sen Guan, 33, and his brother Chu Wei Guan, 35, ...

Border officials around the world have witnessed some bizarre attempts to smuggle turtles across state lines as black-market dealers seek to sell the shelled reptiles as prized pets and food. Reporter ...

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MIAMI, Fla. (WKRC) - TSA caught a woman attempting to smuggle two turtles onto an airplane by stuffing the reptiles into her bra, killing one of the shelled stowaways. According to a LinkedIn post ...