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Vietnamese caught smuggling rhino horn at Suvarnabhumi
News, Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2025
» A Vietnamese passenger travelling from Angola was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport attempting to smuggle rhinoceros horn through Thailand from Africa to Laos.
Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens issue further warnings about telecoms crime
Published on 18/07/2025
» Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar.
Dehorning of S.African rhinos slashed poaching: study
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» JOHANNESBURG - The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study in a major South African conservation area, researchers said Thursday.
Prosecutor found guilty of aiding smugglers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2024
» A senior prosecutor has been found guilty by the anti-corruption agency of bribing customs officials to turn a blind eye to rhino horn smuggling worth over 170 million baht to evade criminal charges seven years ago.
Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia
Published on 02/10/2023
» JAKARTA: An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the government said on Monday.
Trafficking 'Godfather' gets jail term
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 23/09/2023
» NEW YORK: Malaysian wildlife smuggler, Teo Boon Ching, also known as the "Godfather" has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in the US for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilogrammes of rhinoceros horns worth millions of dollars.
Race against time for rhinos
Life, Noko, Published on 10/03/2023
» Over the last 10 years, the rhino has seen its numbers drop by 90%. On average, three wild rhinos are killed every day, leaving fewer than 30,000 currently alive across the world.
Accused Malaysian wildlife trafficker extradited
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/10/2022
» A Malaysian man arrested in Bangkok in June for alleged wildlife trafficking has been extradited to the United States.
Singapore makes biggest seizure of rhino horn
Published on 05/10/2022
» Singapore authorities have made their biggest ever seizure of rhino horn with a US$830,000 haul confiscated from a smuggler arriving from South Africa, officials said Wednesday.
Chinese demand for exotic cures switches to donkey skins
Business, Published on 22/06/2022
» MAGALIESBURG, South Africa: Chinese demand for traditional medicines has sent poachers hunting for African animals from rhinos to pangolins. Now a humbler creature is threatened - donkeys.