[MPWG] Chinese smugglers caught with 1800 Kg American Ginseng

[Patricia_Ford at fws.gov]

Regarding the story below about the capture of ginseng smugglers.  The
American ginseng seized was cultivated roots grown in Canada, and the 2.4
million is Hong Kong currency (divide by 8 to get US dollars).



                                                                           
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Members of the MPWG listserve may find this article from "The Standard:
China's Business Newspaper" interesting...
                                                    
 Sea chase nets                                     
 $2.4m ginseng                                      
 haul                                               
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
 Dennis Ng                                          
                                                    
                                                    
 August 26, 2005                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
 Smugglers are                                      
 turning to                                         
 expensive herbs,                                   
 police said                                        
 Thursday after                                     
 intercepting a                                     
 speedboat                                          
 carrying 1,800                                     
 kilograms of                                       
 high-quality                                       
 American ginseng                                   
 bound for the                                      
 mainland....                                       
                                                    





for the full article, please go to
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH26Ak10.html

(FYI, I saw it posted in Google News, which I have customized with the
keyword 'herbs' and set as my homepage so I see worldwide herb news
everyday)
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Anita “Teena” Hayden, PhD


VP, Native American Botanics Corp


hayden at nativeamericanbotanics.com


www.nativeamericanbotanics.com





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