They had fallen foul of the Lacey Act, which bars Americans from breaking foreign rules when hunting or fishing.

他们违法了野生动植物保护法，这个法律不准美国人在打猎或捕鱼时违法别国法律。

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One option would be to place them on a list of injurious species under the federal Lacey Act, which would make it illegal to import the snakes or carry them across state lines.

一种选择方案是根据联邦《莱西法》把它们列入有害物种名录，这样使巨蟒进口或跨州运送变得非法。

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A 2008 amendment to America's Lacey act has made it an offence to import illegal timber.

美国的《雷斯法案》2008年修订案规定，进口非法木材是一种犯罪行为。

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Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

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Everyone wants to export to the United States and that creates a huge incentive for producers and exporters to be in compliance with the U.S.Lacey Act.

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How that wood is grown and whether it was harvested legally have become crucial questions since 2008, when the U.S.Congress amended a century-old piece of environmental law known as the Lacey Act.

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Three years ago the US amended the Lacey Act, and now companies operating in the US are obliged to prove that their wood comes from legal sources.

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On June 23, 2011, Foiles pleaded guilty to a criminal Information charging him with one misdemeanor count each for the unlawful sale of wildlife in violation of the Lacey Act, and for unlawfully taking migratory game birds in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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