A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species — to New ...

Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by Italian luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not thousands of ...

An 'influential' Instagram star who admitted importing and selling fashion accessories made of endangered python skin has been warned she could face up to seven years in jail. Rich kid Stephanie ...

Handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez, whose animal skin-based accessories helped style stars such as Britney Spears and the ladies of "Sex and the City," was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading ...

Luxury designer Nancy Gonzalez, who sold handbags worth thousands of dollars to celebrities including Britney Spears, Kris Jenner and Victoria Beckham, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of ...

PETA is happy with Reese Witherspoon after she pledged to stop carrying a snakeskin purse. PETA was none-too-happy with Reese Witherspoon after she was spotted carrying a $3,850 Chloe Paraty bag made ...

Chinese authorities have recovered a massive haul of smuggled python skin worth $48 million, Chinese media reported on Monday, highlighting the scope of an international black market trade in the ...