How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang.
By Steve SwannThe leaders of a global wildlife trafficking gang have been convicted after a four-year investigation and a trial in Nigeria.These "top-of-the-pyramid" traffickers were responsible for half the illegal trade in pangolin scales.
All eight species - four African and four Asian - are listed as threatened, with three considered critically endangered.The Nigeria Customs Service seized 7,000 kilos of pangolin scales in a raid in 2021 Big-time wildlife traffickers usually stay hidden, he explains: "You may see their wives flaunting their wealth, but the main traffickers we investigate are not on social media."
Over months she gained the trust of Morybinet Berete, who is from Guinea in West Africa but was based in Nigeria, the hub for the illicit trade in pangolin scales. "A hundred thousand pangolins need to get killed for that," she says, "I was so sad inside because I love animals. Wildlife is my passion."
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