Two Uruguayan siblings were sentenced to prison this week for trafficking more than $3 million in bovine gallstones to Hong Kong for use in Chinese medicine, Uruguayan authorities and Interpol said.
A 50-year-old man was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for smuggling and money laundering, while his sister, aged 48, received an 18-month jail sentence for money laundering but was released on probation.
They acquired the gallstones from Uruguayan slaughterhouses, according to the Monday court ruling and Interpol.
Uruguay has more than three cows for each of the country’s 3.5 million inhabitants — the highest number per capita in the world.
It exports most of its production.
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