2 traffickers arrested with 153kg of pangolin scales
Ivory Coast, 30 Jun 2022
2 traffickers arrested with 153kg of pangolin scales near the border with Liberia. They admitted to trade with Nigerians and Chinese in volumes of tonnes. The two brothers ran cross-border trade as one based in Liberia and the other across the border. They turned very fast against each other revealing much insights on the organised illegal trade threatening pangolins. Great work of Gaspard and his team with the UCT special unit.