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2 Vt. J. Envtl. L. 1 (2000-2001)

handle is hein.journals/vermenl2 and id is 1 raw text is: PROSECUTING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS: IMPORTANT CASES, MANY TOOLS, GOOD RESULTS John T Webb* Between $10 billion and $20 billion in plants and animals were traded illegally around the world last year with the United States leading the list of buyers, at about $3 billion. t TABLE OF CONTENTS Intro du ction ................................................................................................... 1 I. Regulation Of The International Wildlife Trade ................................. 3 A . T he L acey A ct ................................................................................. 3 B. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ............................................................ 6 C. Other Federal Laws Penalizing Illegal Wildlife Trafficking ........... 7 II. Sentencing Of Wildlife Trafficking Cases - Section 2Q2.1 of the Sentencing G uidelines .................................................................... 10 Points to R em em ber ................................................................................ 11 C onclu sion ............................................................................................ . . 12 INTRODUCTION International wildlife traffickers today face a spectrum of prospective federal charges, from century-old Title 16 conservation offenses, to today's white collar offenses. But to understand what charging options lie ahead, federal prosecutors must be willing to sift through the entire text of conservation statutes to find the applicable criminal provisions scattered there. New federal prosecutors will soon learn, however, what their more experienced colleagues already know. The effort is worthwhile; flagrant wildlife offenders can and do receive stiff sentences under the Sentencing Guidelines. Wildlife and Marine Resources Section prosecutors who * Assistant Chietf U.S. Dep't of Justice, Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, Robert S. Anderson Senior Trial Counsel Wildlife and Marine Resources Section. t Donovan Webster, The Looting and Smuggling and Fencing and Hoarding of Impossibly Precious, Feathered and Scaly Wild Things, N.Y. TIMES MAG., Feb. 16, 1997, at 28.

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