Al Jazeera reported that employees at the top South African banks were paid bribes to launder money for gold smugglers
About 200 000 mostly dwarf succulents confiscated from poachers have to be cared for while police continue their investigations
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When Covid-19 hit and borders closed, people still needed to bring their groceries into Zimbabwe. Some women have taken the chance to earn a bit of cash
This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities
Three Malagasy citizens were apprehended at OR Tambo International airport, but now the trail is found to connect to France and Mali
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Stunning new film about civilians’ dangerous trade trip to gain income during Mozambican war.
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The well-heeled flock to a marble-clad hotel in a city renowned as a smuggling hub for gold.
The prohibition of cannabis in SA now appears as regressive as the culture in which it was outlawed. So where did it come from, and where to now?
A 58-year-old woman has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng for possession of 40kg of ivory.
<b>Sean O’Toole</b> and <b>Paul Botes</b> take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system.
A Chinese delegation left on Wednesday for talks in Moscow on the fate of 150 merchants seized by Russian authorities in a smuggling crackdown.
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An Australian man was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his trousers as he got off a flight from the Middle East, authorities said on Tuesday.
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It is thought that smugglers are able to use gaps in data on countries’ official ivory stockpiles to sell their own illegal ivory off.