Smuggling iguanas in fake leg

A smuggler was charged by authorities in California for stealing endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji.  According to law enforcement officials, Jereme James smuggled the iguanas into America through his prosthetic leg.

From the AP:

Prosecutors say James stole the Fiji Island banded iguanas while visiting the South Pacific island in September 2002. He then brought the reptiles to the U.S. by hiding them in a special compartment he had constructed in his prosthetic leg, prosecutors said.

James previously sold three iguanas for $32,000.

Havocscope is listing the estimated market value for Animals and Wildlife Trade to be $20 billion.

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