U.S. Department of Justice and Fish and Wildlife Service Boost Enforcement of International Endangered Species Trafficking Laws

On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a six-count indictment charging Charles Limner, 75, with internationally smuggling more than $200,000 worth of protected insect species. The next day, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York unsealed an eight-count indictment charging John Waldrop, 74, and Tony Jones, 53, with conspiracy to smuggle hundreds of taxidermied protected birds and thousands of protected eggs.