Eight people, including two government officials from Cambodia, were indicted in the Southern District of Florida for their involvement in a ring that smuggled hundreds of primates into the United States, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Some of the endangered crab-eating macaques, also known as long-tailed macaques, which were taken from national parks and protected areas in Cambodia, were destined for a Miami broker, according to the federal indictment.
The broker wasn’t identified and was instead listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the court documents.
