SMUGGLING OF TURTLES, SEIZED 3 live specimens (NEWS) 
turtles, likely for the black market, were seized at a party landed from a motor from the Balkans La Guardia di Finanza di Bari, was found yesterday and seized three live specimens of a land turtle (Testudo hermanni Boettger) as part of a protected species. The turtles, likely for the black market, were seized a person disembarked from a ferry from the Balkans.
The man, an Albanian citizen residing at Monza, was denounced to the competent judicial authorities for violation of Article 1 paragraph 1 of law nr.150/92, "Discipline of offenses relating to the implementation of the Convention in Italy international trade in animal and plant species threatened with extinction. "
The operation involved soldiers of the 1st group of core operating Guardia di Finanza di Bari, in collaboration with customs officials in Bari. The checks were carried out under the mainstream services of customs supervision and following monitoring of risk factors the means and goods in transit at the port of Bari
