On January 9th 2017, the Carabinieri Anti-Paoching Unit ( Nucleo Operativo Antibracconaggio) with the support of the Provicial Command of the Carrabinieri of Calabria, have executed 9 search warrants issued by the Public Prosecutor at the court of Calabria, against 13 persons for the crime of Criminal Association aimed at selling specimens of protected wild birds to third parties
Seizure data
- Alive
- Date of seizure: January 9, 2017
- Numbers of seized birds: 2000
- Country: Italy
- Species: Passerines (songbirds)