Up to 4 years in prison, including 2 suspended sentences and fines of up to 100,000 euros were pronounced on Wednesday January 11 by the 6th chamber of the Marseille criminal court.
Its president, Céline Ballerini, who is also officiating at another trial which is currently taking place in a similar case, underlines the existence
of "a structured and efficient organization allowing trade for many years and selling a large number of horses. in principle excluded from the food chain"
, for the sole purpose of profit.
The judgment also criticizes the total lack of traceability of the health course of the animals and its possible consequences on the food chain.
In this case, quite symptomatic of the circuit between the meadow and the slaughterhouses, from the horse dealer to the meat wholesaler, the investigation had made it possible to demonstrate the existence of a vast system of production of false documents, with the complicity of a counterfeiter in the Netherlands or a veterinarian…
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