Ontario businessman guilty of smuggling elephant ivory

On November 14, 2016, Ontario corporation 3062424,operating as 888 Auctions, and its director, Mr. Dong Heon Kim, pleaded guilty to unlawfully exporting a leather product made from python skin and two pieces of elephant ivory, in contravention of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA).