Judge Rules Against Cacti Smuggling Ring, Orders Them to Pay for Desert Restoration Under ‘Moral Damages’

Judge Rules Against Cacti Smuggling Ring, Orders Them to Pay for Desert Restoration Under ‘Moral Damages’

In Italy, a judge has applied a novel legal concept in sentencing two convicted plant smugglers: payment for the damage done to an irreplaceable ecosystem. Following a trial in the Italian city of Ancona, Andrea Pombietti and Mattia Crescentini were found guilty of trafficking in endangered species; in this case, two rare cactus genera Eriosyce […] The post Judge Rules Against Cacti Smuggling Ring, Orders Them to Pay for Desert Restoration Under…