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Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos indicted on more charges
(www.theguardian.com)
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Brutal, the title makes it sound like she was making a profit or something but she just didn't know to declare her research and that's considered smuggling wtf
An immigrant and a Harvard professor?
This is probably being gleefully followed by Trump personally.
A Russian who has opposed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump's probably on the phone to Putin promising her delivery right now. It's one less academic in the USA too - from MAGA's perspective everybody wins!
They're definitely throwing the whole book at her. But there's also a small nugget of a case here. Having been through customs a few times, I think it's clear that biological materials should be declared. In a normal situation, the infraction would lead to a long wait in the back room, a stern warning, and maybe confiscated embryos. Not felony charges.
Yeah it is not clear who or what is profiting from that smuggling. It seems more an administrative issue than a case to me.