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American piano company CEO pleads guilty to smuggling ivory into US

Pascal Vieillard, CEO of Atlanta-based A-440 Pianos Inc., has entered a guilty plea after having been charged with violating the Lacey Act by smuggling elephant ivory, an internationally protected commodity, into the US. The ivory was concealed in (not so carefully) hidden compartments inside furniture and supply crates. Atlanta Business Chronicle has the details.