Monkey laundering? It's what happens when U.S. labs will pay premiums for monkeys even if they're on the endangered species list.

PETA's effort to stop the practice got a boost when the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  cracked down on an alleged monkey smuggling ring based in Cambodia this month that was responsible for bringing in thousands of monkeys to labs in the U.S.

An arrest in New York resulted in the unsealing of an indictment listing 8 Asian nationals, including top Cambodian government officials, and principals of a major primate supplier. If convicted the indicted could face up to 20 years in prison and be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars.

PETA began exposing the dark side of monkey importation and laundering in the summer.

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, PETA primate expert, talked to podcast host Emil Guillermo in July  about how the long-tailed macaque has become endangered by being the prime focus of the monkey smugglers.  Jones-Engel describes how they are cruelly treated and how their lives are being wasted in labs in the U.S.

See how you can stop the illegal importation of endangered monkeys. Go to PETA.org

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