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5 November 2001Border station of UdvarItalian refrigerator van was checked2 persons (driver and hunter, hunter fled)881 carcasses of games in season and 11.668
carcasses of protected and highly protected birds were found
Conservation value 300 m HUF (1 m EUR)
Border station in Baranya countyHunting permits from Bács-Kiskun countyJoint investigation group
Police from both countiesNature conservation, hunting and veterinary
authoritiesSub-committee of the Committee for
Environmental Affairs of the Hungarian Parliament
Valid hunting permits from Agricultural OfficeHungarian hunting societies assisted, as usualEvidences:
Size of pelletsHungarian bills, abbreviation, wordsAlluring techniques (decoy-birds, imitation of
sound, whistles, foils, nets) – all forbiddenFalse lead seals, wire, glue, drilling, engraving
tools38 protected species (8 highly and 2 of them
globally endangered species)
From 1 January 2001 until 5 November 2001 36 hunting permits on 17 hunting grounds for Italian hunters
Travel agency (without valid permit) organised the huntings and was the consigner of the cargo
Irregualrities at hunting registers, shoot-listsIn 2001 100.000 HUF (350 EUR) fine for
irregularities
Beginning of 2002: 11 suspects, 5 of them under arrest, 1 on the run (warrant of arrest)
Accused withDamage to the natureTheftForgery of official documentsBribery
17 February 2005: first instance court decision3 years 4 months: head of the travel agency
and a hunter2 years: 1 Hungarian suspect1 year 10 months: 3 Hungarian suspects5 months on provision: 1 hunter10 months on provision: 1 hunterOthers: fine
September 2005: second instance court abolished the first instance judgement (procedural failure)
End of 2006: new first instance judgement – no significant changes on the merit
7 June 2007: final second instance judgement – bit lower sentences(compensation, time has passed)
Hungary is a favoured destination for hunters from Austria, Germany, Italy – problems with Italians
Organised criminal groupsGastronomy reasons (10 grams meat from
one bird)2000-2002: 400.000 carcasses of protected
birds found on the Hungarian and on the Italian borders altogether
TRAFFIC – WWF and IUCN project ‘The Illegal Trade in Wild Birds for Food through South-East and Central Europe’
Interpol EcomessageEU-TWIX seizure database
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