In early January the US Court of Appeals delivered a landmark verdict which was related to rock lobsters (crayfish) illegally harvested (poached) and smuggled out of South Africa to the United States between 1987 and 2001.
According to the judgment, the directors of both the South Africa company (exporter) as well as the US based importer owe the South African government compensation for the unlawfully harvested south and west coast lobsters. In the current case, the US Court of Appeals overturned the judgment of the lower court on the issue of whether or not the South African government had an ownership claim on the lobsters in question - and therefore, as owners of the lobsters and victim of the poaching, they had a claim for compensation against the defendants.
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