The state says the matter is ready to be transferred to the high court

The birds, which are native to equatorial Africa, have been decimated by the international pet trade

​​Following the money to combat the illegal wildlife trade in Southern Africa

Despite stiff penalties provided by law, the country has seen an increase in pangolin trafficking, an investigation by Benjamin Jube shows

The trafficking of scales is no longer a ‘niche’ criminal activity, but a serious and organised crime that threatens to make all eight species extinct within 20 years

Criminals prey on desperate people by offering them false promises of a better life. In fact, they are coercing them into lives of exploitation and misery