Out of all the shipments globally in a year, just how high do you suppose the incidents of intentional vs, unintentional law breaking do you suppose there might be?
Regards/Roger, in Bangkok On 9/24/07, Aaron J. Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > frank thrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spaketh thusly: > > >Barbara. Look at it this way. None of us would knowingly purchase > >illegally imported plants. > > A bit of an odd statement. > > When someone buys a box of paphs from Asia and has them sent > to their doorstep in the United States- only to be intercepted by > ICE- and ends up getting one heck of a stiff fine out of the deal, I > would opine they knew precisely what they're doing. When every single > species in that box is of the sort one cannot purchase legally in the > United States- not just because they're Appendix I but because they > are not available on the market- I would say it's a certainty. > > And does it happen? Oh, yes it does- and the physician who > bought them was fined $10,000. > > -AJHicks > Chandler, AZ > > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
