'Crime against nature': the rise and fall of the world's most notorious succulent thief

Byungsu Kim pleaded guilty to attempting to ferry more than 3,700 wild dudleya plants from California parks to South KoreaWhen Byungsu Kim appeared for his sentencing hearing on Zoom from the Santa Ana jail in California, his jaw was wired shut.The 46-year-old South Korean national had been in prison for more than two years on two different continents. According to the US government, he was an "international succulent trafficker", perhaps the most notorious houseplant poacher in the world. Continue reading...