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<p>A number of offences controlling the international trade in endangered species
are created by the COTES Regulations 1997.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Regulation 3: offences
concerning false statements or notifications.</p></li><li><p>Regulation 4: offences
of altering or wrongfully using a permit, certificate or import notification.</p></li><li><p>Regulation
6: contravening conditions or requirements of permits or certificates.</p></li><li><p>Regulation
8: offences of purchasing, acquiring, selling any specimen of a species for commercial
purposes.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Although it is not possible to identify the number
of prosecutions of particular offences, records are held showing the overall number
of offences in which a prosecution commenced in the magistrates’ courts. The table
below shows the number of offences, rather than defendants, charged by way of the
COTES Regulations 1997 and Section 170(2) CEMA 1979 during each of the last five years.
A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Control
of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 { 3 }</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Control
of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Control
of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 { 6 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Control
of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 { 8 }</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Customs
and Excise Management Act 1979 { 170(2) }</p></td><td><p>755</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>826</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data
Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It
is not possible to separately identify offences which concern the illegal trade in
ivory or ivory products from other unlawful international trade in endangered species.</p>
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