US arrests rhino horn smugglers
Wildlife investigators in California and other states crack down on an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns.Federal wildlife investigators in California and other states say they have cracked an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns, which fetch stratospheric prices in Vietnam and China for their supposed cancer-curing powers. Source: L.A. Times - Discipline: Ecology
US arrests rhino horn smugglers
Seven people are arrested in a multi-state rhino horn-smuggling ring, as officials seize $1m (£637,000) in gold ingots and 20 rhino horns.
Fri 24 Feb 12 from BBC News
Seven arrested in US crackdown on rhino trade
US officials announced Thursday the arrest of seven people in a crackdown on the illegal global trade in endangered black rhinoceros horns.
Fri 24 Feb 12 from Phys.org
SA troops tackle rhino poachers
South Africa is to deploy hundreds of troops along its borders to help fight international gangs smuggling rhino horns, the government says.
Mon 20 Feb 12 from BBC News
Federal raids a 'serious blow' to rhino trade
Wildlife investigators in California and other states crack down on an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns.Federal wildlife investigators in ...
Thu 23 Feb 12 from L.A. Times
Federal raids a 'serious blow' to rhino trade, Thu 23 Feb 12 from Labspaces.net
Rhino horn smuggling ring cracked
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities say they've cracked an international smuggling ring dealing in rhinoceros horns, sold at high prices in Asia for supposed cancer-curing powers.
Fri 24 Feb 12 from UPI
Feds bust rhino horn traffickers
Federal agents from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested seven people on charges of trafficking endangered rhino horn in the United ...
Thu 23 Feb 12 from Mongabay.com
Rhino horn trafficking ring busted on U.S. Soil
The devastating and illegal trafficking of rhino horns is not confined to Africa and Asia. In the past week, seven people were arrested in Los Angeles, Newark and New York on charges of trafficking...
Sat 25 Feb 12 from Science Blog
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