reporting from BEIJING — Chinese authorities have recovered a massive haul of smuggled python skin worth $48 million, Chinese media reported on Monday, highlighting the scope of an international black ...

Geneva, Switzerland, 27th November 2012—A new study finds that close to half a million python skins are reported as exported annually from South-East Asia. The main importer is the European fashion ...

Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by Italian luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not thousands of ...

Illegally traded python skins worth $1 billion (€720 million) are being imported into Europe every year as weak regulation fails to stop illicit traders capitalising on demand for the dramatically ...

Illegal python skins worth an estimated $1 billion are being imported into Europe every year to feed growing demand for the luxury leather, according to a new report. Nearly 500,000 skins are shipped ...

Photos show Chinese authorities rolling them out one by one: python skins adorned with nature’s intricate patterning. The 68,000 skins were recovered this week as part of what may be the largest ...