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USVI jewelers fined for coral smuggling
A high-end jewelry manufacturer in the U.S. Virgin Islands was ordered Wednesday to forfeit thousands of pounds (kilograms) of protected black coral and pay a $1.8 million fine for trading in it.The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Gem Manufacturing Inc. pleaded guilty to seven counts of violating the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey Act, which bans the import of illegally harvested wildlife
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