3 nabbed for illegally exporting 30 tons of wagyu beef to Hong Kong

Three people were arrested for illegally exporting around 30 tons of wagyu beef from Japan to Hong Kong by falsely claiming it would be sent to Cambodia, local police said Thursday.Sun Yongchao, 53, a trading company executive from China, Wang Ennian, 71, a corporate officer at a separate firm, and Wang's daughter Hana Kiriyama, 45, were arrested on suspicion of violating the customs law and the law on the prevention of infectious diseases in livestock.The three based in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, allegedly conspired between August and October 2023 to declare frozen wagyu beef valued at a…READ FULL ARTICLE