PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has admitted to illegally selling the body parts of animals in violation of the oldest wildlife trafficking law in the United States.

Sergey Bachkovsky, of Greene, pleaded guilty Tuesday to trafficking whale and bird parts in U.S. District Court in Portland, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Court records and statements made during Tuesday’s hearing indicate that between June 2023 and March 2024, Bachkovsky imported wildlife items from Eastern Europe and sold them online to buyers across the United States. Prosecutors said these items included sperm whale and marine mammal teeth, both raw items and scrimshaw art pieces; blue whale and Antarctic minke whale ear bones; and a broad-winged hawk carcass.

Prosecutors said t

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