South African Sentenced in ‘World’s Largest’ Rhino Case Trafficking
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Investigation dragged for more than 15 years. Mentor of the criminal organization was sentenced to a fine of 2 million rands (about 106 thousand euros) or four years of effective imprisonment.
On Thursday, 18 June, a South African court fined two million rands, or almost $123,000, to a safari organizer who was presented as the brain of a vast international trade in rhinocero horns. This decision put an end to a trial opened in 2010 and marked by numerous delays and judicial remedies.
South African sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino case trafficking
JOHANNESBURG: A South African court has convicted and fined a rhino horn trafficking “mastermind,” ending a trial spanning 15 years, police said Thursday, describing it as the world’s largest such case. The country is home to most of the world’s rhinos and is a hotspot for poaching driven by demand in Asia where the horns fetch high prices on the black market. Hunting safari
South African safari organizer fined more than $120,000 after 15 years of court proceedings related to international traffic in rhinoceros horns South court
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