近年来,因为走私中国蜂蜜被起诉定罪的不少,最近被定罪的是2012年6月在芝加哥宣判的,被告人Shu Bei Yuan,中国公民,女,46岁,任职数家蜂蜜进口公司,被控与2005年8月到11月期间将产于中国的蜂蜜伪装成产于韩国的蜂蜜以逃避关税,一共进口26船蜂蜜,总价值808287美元。被告于2011年被捕,一直被关押,于2012年4月认罪,法庭判决入狱24个月,补交关税148万美元,刑期结束后进入驱逐出境程序。
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