Foreigners accused of exporting sperm whale tusks from Siberia Foreign citizens and a 36-year-old resident of Transbaikalia are suspected of large-scale smuggling of cultural property carried out by an organized group (Part 3 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Eastern Directorate of the Transport Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on November 3. The suspects tried to smuggle through customs in the Trans-Baikal territory 111 sperm whale tusks, with a total value of more than one million rubles. The case against the Russian citizen has already reached the court. The other suspects, whose number is not specified, are wanted.

Foreigners accused of exporting sperm whale tusks from Siberia Foreign citizens and a 36-year-old resident of Transbaikalia are suspected of large-scale smuggling of cultural property carried out by an organized group (Part 3 of Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the Eastern Directorate of the Transport Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on November 3. The suspects tried to smuggle through customs in the Trans-Baikal territory 111 sperm whale tusks, with a total value of more than one million rubles. The case against the Russian citizen has already reached the court. The other suspects, whose number is not specified, are wanted.