Luxury Handbag Designer Sentenced to 18 Months for Smuggling Endangered Reptile Skins
Miami, Florida – A Colombian luxury handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling purses made from protected reptiles. Nancy Gonzalez, known for her handbags carried by celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Salma Hayek, pleaded guilty to illegally importing bags made from caimans and pythons. Gonzalez, 71, violated an international treaty by bringing in these handbags without the necessary permits. Both Colombia and the US, as signatories to the Convention on …