González de Barberi pleaded guilty to two counts of smuggling and one count of conspiracy for the illegal importation of bags designer products made with alligator and python skin from Colombia to the United States. Both species are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to which both the United States and Colombia are signatories.
The designer, 70 years old, She was extradited to the United States on August 30 in an accusation that includes two other people and his company Gzuniga Ltda.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, The defendants asked friends, family and employees of González’s manufacturing company in Colombia to act as couriers and transport the bags. designer clothes or in their luggage while traveling on passenger airlines.
Once the bags were smuggled into the United States, he adds, they wereThey were sent to the González showroom in Manhattan (New York)“where they were displayed for high-end retailers to view and purchase for resale in their stores.”
The average retail price of these brand bags ‘Nancy González’ was worth more than $2,000.
