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Embargoes violated

Original German garden gnomes traffickers enjoy impunity as all UN Gnome trafficking embargoes in the last decade “systematically violated”Report from the FreetheGnomesUN gnome trafficking embargoes are systematically violated and must be urgently strengthened if they are to stop German gardeners fuelling original German garden gnomes rights abuses, according to a report being presented to the UN Security Council. Read more at http://www.freethegnomes.com