according to the government chris hayes and his elite art companies were involved in the selling of more than 19 pounds of rare endangered black rhinoceros horns, worth about $400,000. and while the government says there was no human victim involved, each horn represented a dead engaged animal smuggling, poaching bribery, and even organized crime. reporter: government estimates have put the global trade in illegal animal products as high as $10 billion. hayes was caught trying to arrange sales to asian buyers in canada texas, even milan, italy. the buyers and the sellers, willing to force an animal into extinction for a worthless cure or a trinket. drew griffin, cnn, west palm beach, florida. drew thank you very much for that report. coming up next to politics we go, and the countdown to the first republican debate is on.
years in prison. in court he told the judge he made a terrible mistake. leaving court, shielded by friends, he said almost nothing. can you explain to us, why you were selling these horns? you obviously knew, for 2 1/2 years, according to prosecutor that you were selling these horns. i don t it doesn t matter. reporter: according to the government, chris hayes and his elite art companies were involved in the selling of more than 19 pounds of rare engaged black rye is no rows horn worth about 700,000. and while there was no human victim involved, each horn represented a dead and endangered animal. smuggling, poaching, bribery, and even organized crime. government estimates have put the global trade in illegal animal products as high as $10 billion. hayes was caught trying to arrange sales to asian buyers in canada, texas, even milan, italy. but buyers and the sellers,
every sale. he pleaded guilty and on may 20th was sentenced to three years in prison. he told the judge he made a terrible mistake and leaving court he said almost nothing. can you explain to us why you were selling these horns? you knew for 2 1/2 years according to the prosecutor you were selling them. it doesn t matter. according to the government he and his elite art companies were involved in the selling of more than 19 pounds of rare endangered black rhino horns worth about $400,000. while the government said there was no human victim involved, each horn represented a dead animal, smuggling, poaching, bribery and organized crime. government estimates put the trading illegal products as high as $10 billion. hayes was caught trying to arrange sales to buyers in
and while the government says there was no human victim involved each horn represented a dead endangered animal smuggling, poaching bribery, and even organized crime. government estimates have put the global trade in illegal animal products as high as $10 billion. hayes was caught trying to arrange sales to asian buyers in canada texas, even milan, italy. the buyers and the sellers willing to force an animal into extinction for a worthless cure or a trinket. drew griffin, cnn, west palm beach, florida. many thanks to drew griffin there. we ll have much more on our breaking news coming up in just a few minutes. and also next, brand-new video revealed in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. a campus cop charged with murder says he was dragged by the victim s car. does the new video support that