Tag: Rhino
Woman suspected of involvement in rehino horns smuggling surrenders
One of the two women who were suspected of attempting to smuggle 21 African rhino horns worth about 170 million baht into the country on [more…]
Rhino horns worth 10 million THB seized at Suvarnabhumi
BANGKOK, 23 June 2013 (NNT) – The Customs Department has confiscated 8 rhino horns, worth up to 10 million baht, that were being smuggled through [more…]
Thai, Vietnamese gangs ‘involved in elephant, rhino poaching’
Thai and Vietnamese criminal gangs are involved in the illegal poaching of elephants and rhinos in Africa, according to the state wildlife and plant protection [more…]
Hong Kong Customs Seizes Record Amount of Rhino Horns, Ivory
Hong Kong customs officials say they have confiscated a record amount of rhino horns and ivory products hidden in a container shipped from South Africa. [more…]
Thai sex workers used to ‘hunt’ rhino
Johannesburg – An international wildlife trafficking syndicate hired Thai prostitutes and strippers from clubs in Pretoria and Midrand to pose as “hunters” in sham rhino [more…]
Thai customs seizes smuggled elephant and rhino horns
Bangkok – Thai customs authorities seized 118 elephant tusks, 50 pieces of ivory and three rhino horns in cargo containers flown in from Nigeria, officials [more…]