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  • World’s most-wanted butterfly smuggler, a Japanese man, nabbed.

    Posted by Matt Dioguardi on June 3rd, 2007

    Operating out of Japan using an Internet homepage, Skype, and PayPal, Yoshi Kojima bought and sold endangered butterflies throughout the world. He did most of this from his home in Kyoto, Japan.

    He was nabbed by an undercover U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent who lured Kojima to America for a sexual encounter.

    Listen the story at NPR here.

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