Title:
Wu says she is yet to be contacted by police on seal organ illicit export allegations
Publication Year:
2025
Abstract:

Chinese businesswoman and property mogul, Qiaoxa Stina Wu, has said that she is not aware of any criminal investigation being carried out against herself or business partner Charlie Xie, after a seal genital cargo of 20 kilos was flagged in Hong Kong, China, after being exported from Namibia without the relevant export documents for listed species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It is further reported that the cargo was undervalued to evade tax and that the true nature of the cargo was concealed. Wu, who threatened to sue journalists for alleging that she is being investigated for the illicit export of Namibian wildlife, sat down with The Informanté in an interview together with Charlie Xie, who is the owner of Virgo Biotechnologies Pty Ltd, a company focused on research, development, and value-added processing of Namibia’s high-quality natural resources, such as seal oil, seal sex organs, mangetti nuts (a nut from the Kavango East region), !Nara fruit, and Kalahari melon seed oil, which are significantly undervalued. Virgo Biotechnologies entered into an agreement with Uukumwe Youth Empowerment Consortium (Pty) Ltd, a local company, which was allocated a total of 15,166 MT of seals for the 2024 harvesting season by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

Series Title:
Informanté
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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