Security News in Brief: South Korean National Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charge for Poaching Wild Succulent Plants for Illegal Exportation to Asia

Source: United States Department of Justice News

A South Korean national who was extradited from South Africa pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for attempting to illegally export to Asia live Dudleya succulent plants worth more than $600,000 that he and his co-schemers had pulled out of the ground at remote state parks in Northern California.