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Parts Of Endangered Species Smuggled Into US By Mass. Man: Feds
A 39-year-old Reading man is accused of helping smuggle the skulls, skins, and other parts of animals — many of them endangered — into the United States to sell on the black market, federal authorities said. Adam Bied is charged with two counts of conspiracy to smuggle goods into the United States, specifically, illegally imported wildlife parts, and three counts of violating the Lacey Act which prohibits trafficking in wildlife, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. The indictment said Bied brought in more than 100 animal parts from January 2018 through June 2021, knowin…