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Tourist Detained for Trafficking in Protected Spiders in Cusco, Peru

diariocorreo.pe (machine translated) Police personnel assigned to the Alejandro Velasco Astete Airport in Cusco , intervened a foreign citizen who moved an insectary containing protected species considered National Heritage of the Nation

The tourist was identified as Rintanen Kari (54), a native of Finland, the same who traveled to the city of Lima, referring to having purchased the insectary at the artisan fair in Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu for a total of 600 dollars.

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The fact was communicated to the representative of the Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of Cusco who ordered that the property seized be sent to the specialized unit detailing that due to its characteristics it would be classified as a protected species, as well as having an intrinsic value according to Law No. 29763. The intervened was subsequently made available to the Environmental Police Department for legal actions. Read Article

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Dubai: Tourist arrested, jailed three months for using profanity at airport

gulfnews.com reported a tourist has been jailed for three months for using profane language and cursing Islam and Muslims when airport police woke him up after he dozed off in a drunken state near their office. The 28-year-old Jordanian tourist was in an inebriated state when he fell asleep beside the door of the police […]

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Spain: Three German Tourists Detained in rape of tourist in hotel

larioja.com / EFE reported that three young German tourists have been accused and detained for sexual assault (rape) of an 18 year-old tourist. The alleged rape occurred in a hotel where the young men were staying as well as the victim in Girona Lloret de Mar. The crime took place on the evening of August […]

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Germany: Two Chinese tourists arrested for making Hitler salute

economist.com reported ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. Over the weekend two Chinese tourists were arrested in Germany for photographing themselves making Hitler salutes outside the Reichstag building in Berlin. The country has strict anti-hate laws, which prohibit pro-Nazi symbols and speech. The Chinese pair were released on €500 ($590) bail; […]

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Australians Detained for Alleged Cocaine Smuggling in Ecuador

skynews.com.au reported three Australians have been detained in Ecuador on suspicion of smuggling up to 10 kilograms of cocaine. The trio, two men and a woman from Melbourne, were arrested in late January in the city of Guayaquil, south-west of Quito. Fairfax Media reports they have been in custody ever since and insist the drugs […]

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Bali: Brit and Asuusie Jailed for brutal killing of police officer

Denpasar (Indonesia) (AFP) – An Australian woman and her British DJ boyfriend were jailed Monday over the killing of a policeman who was beaten to death on a beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Sara Connor and David Taylor were convicted of the fatal group assault of officer Wayan Sudarsa, whose battered body […]

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Cuba: Canadian Tourist Detained for flying drone, released after nearly two weeks in jail

thestar.com reported as Chris Hughes lay in the dark two-by-two-metre cell, with no electricity, a small hole in the wall for a window and just a hole in the ground for a toilet, he wondered if his wife Grace and three young children knew he was still alive. “Nobody knew I was there,” he said. […]

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Burma: Tourist jailed three months for unplugging speakers of Buddhist sermon, needed to sleep

dailymail.co.uk reported Tourist is jailed for three months after unplugging speakers broadcasting a Buddhist sermon in Burma because he wanted to get some sleep Dutchman Klaas Haytema, 30, was jailed and ordered to pay a fine He told a court he wasn’t aware a ceremony was taking place In Burma sermons are often broadcast through […]

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Three Americans, Canadian detained for exhibitionism while filming scenes for pornographic movie in public

EFE/7dias.com.do/ reported PUERTO PLATA (Dominican Rep.).-A court in the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata imposed a financial guarantee as a precautionary measure for three Americans who were arrested last Friday along with a Canadian model when supposedly filming pornographic scenes in a public square sector The Batey, municipality of Sosúa. Judge Adriana Vasquez decided the […]

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Peru: Canadian Tourist discusses ordeal in killing friend after using ayahuasca

Canadian who killed Briton at Peru retreat says it was ‘kill or die’ Theguardian.com reported that Joshua Stevens claims he had to stab Unais Gomes when Briton turned violent on double dose of hallucinogen ayahuasca. A Canadian man has told reporters he stabbed and killed a British friend in self-defense at a spiritual retreat in […]

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