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a global leader for 22 countries. march 7th 201740 kilometers outside of paris. it was a news item that shocked not only wildlife lovers a case no detective had ever imagined taking on. your seat belts on a suit young child to die cooling of some home office or shift in particular tree rings really losing what you. vince a placid giant weighing one and a half tons had been found shot dead for his 2 kilos of horn a contract killing carried out in cold blood a short time ago they were always trying to figure out what weapon was used what

tool might have been used to chop off the horn of. the lamp a news family the owners of the zoo were left in shock. sir paul said it's unthinkable that men can come into a see you in a western country and kill a rhino all colleagues in zoos across europe are also anxious will sketch no want to still not know. who killed vince the rhinoceros who stood to profit from the crime this is an investigation into one of the most lucrative forms of trafficking in the world.

in europe the french case was a 1st in africa it's routine. there one rhino always killed every 8 hours solely for its heart. the rhino horn trade was banned 40 years ago but in asia the horn sells at up 230000 euros a kilo as expensive as gold or heroin. runs like the gold rush at the moment if you want climbing aboard 2 mighty strong or tallest.

it's a global market where horns can fetch a half a 1000000 euros each. enough to corrupt police officers judges and senior politicians and people think just look at it as just getting off on it but the east coast national organized crime at the hospital over a period of 2 years we infiltrated the rhinoceros mafia in the process gaining the trust of poachers. my abroad especially when i see that i did not feel much if they jumped up and. we came face to face with an implacable foe in a bloody war revealing a new branch of organized crime. one with appalling consequences the extinction of the rhinoceros appears to be merely a question of time. the

principal front in the war against the horn traders is being fought here in south africa. the country is home to 80 percent of the world's rhinos. kruger park famous for its foreigner to you while you can be game is also the main theater of this massacre 504 rhinos were illegally slaughtered here in 2017. this morning a new caucus has been discovered. the park has its own crime squad to carry out autopsies and investigations. this is an adult animal having a look at the feet the size of the lawn in excess of 1015 years old at least. so it was an adult. if you look at the way these holes were removed they're almost cut

off with a life is no damage to a terrorist but the front door was taken off of an x. stopped off with it at. the crime scene you sealed off and documented like with the homicide. the rangers take d.n.a. samples collect the bullet casings and secure fingerprints and other forensic evidence it get used to a lot of things you get used to the smell but you can never get used to that the slaughter of these items because that's what it is it's on a daily basis they face they slaughter them they kill them just for this just sort of. there now remain just 20000 rhinoceroses in south africa. and the country is losing over $1000.00

a year to poachers. unless action is taken the species will be extinct in 20 years. of age comes. inside kruger park each ranger must keep watch over 40 square kilometers of course a daunting task and a dangerous one. the rangers are effectively soldiers. kollywood b.c. is one of the few who have the courage to speak out. most of this or you just feel that this indicates the public go for the families exceeds us some of them. they lived close to some of these syndicates that killing their analysts so i wouldn't want to be shunned so in my case i have made up my mind that i

would show my faces as many tenderly as they can and and if somebody does something and i need to held accountable. today these rangers are on the front line of a war they have not been trained or equipped to fight. facing them is an invisible and ruthless enemy the forces of the market. major has ever ration is appetite for rhino horn the prime markets are china and vietnam. you know nor everyone knows where you can get hold of a commodity and the price is soaring. it's

an illegal from a rushing business customers or from the elite of society. talking about it is considered taboo. this businessman has agreed to talk to us on the condition of anonymity he takes rhino horn as a miracle medicine. since rhino horn is a gift from god why we. it's one of the best remedies in the world and it's ground down into a powder it cleanses the brain. sure i wouldn't compare it to the discovery of penicillin but it nonetheless saves thousands of lives so it is valuable as penicillin. the horn is ground into powder or simply rubbed

it's mixed with water or alcohol and then drunk. fall that my mother also takes it like been drinking a little every day for the last 40 years and i have been sick once. rhinoceros horn is nothing more than carrot in the same substance in human fingernails no credible study has ever proved its much a claim benefits and yet consumption has rocketed in vietnam over the last 10 years . works for the vietnamese office of a german development agency to study the phenomenon for the young sociologist the miracle product rhino horn is a stroke of marketing genius on the part of the traffickers somebody said that one of the high ranking up. and recover from cancer after bringing light on power but i only hope that it's out of yuma and in recent years where i want to

try it out they set up right on. the set it could have enhanced actual points of mammals rich male lives and also right or to be. cancer but according to the church. not from oration or medicine to get. more news in big demand among all segments of society it's become the must have accessory for chic parties the reflection of a certain social status. if. you want to move the local people to be a part of a high ranking officer. no deal it is expensive party fails see what sort of expense it brings and run a whole part of. foreigners become a symbol of power and corruption the perfect alchemy of crime.

10000 kilometer. as a way in south africa that the gangsters operate aided by the country's situation of fragility. behind the modern western for assad born into south africans live on less than one euro a day. a quarter of a century after the official end of apartheid violence racial tensions and corruption are destabilizing the country. colonel johan used to of the directorate for priority crime investigation is all too aware of the situation. he heads a unit specially dedicated to combat in rhino horn trafficking. your

honest work has a shocking level of crime with 25 murders a day. unsurprisingly it's also the hub of the trafficking business. the majority of rhino horns passed through here on their way to asia. the horn trafficking trade is a niche of crime carried out in the shadows. the conspiracy of silence means that the police have to recruit informants. just. ok teachers of analysts all of them but i think your sales are surviving a bit this isn't it you know. colonel eurostar has received a tip on about a sale about to take place near the airport. the traffickers are in a hotel. ok ok we're going in so you can come

now watch out they don't get away just. explain to me my name just got a little. old thanks just to. the suspects have just left the hotel the horn was hidden in their pick up they were hoping they were in the equivalent of 5 years' salary instead they're now facing 10 years in jail before they claim the horn is fake. i. will be using the city list. you know that you don't least with the legal position of the final understand that you know that. the 2 men will be tried in court but others will replace them they're just one link you know long chain. it's similar to drug trafficking and and

firearm trafficking the concept of false national organized crime remains the same people think this should look at it is just the killing off of her i know but we look at the total supply chain in terms of who is spinning it how do they give the file away to date delivery to the transporters it is part of the supply chain that we need to disrupt because of the blood is just as important as with that deadline of got killed. organized crime spins its way with a network of middlemen on every continent. to foil customs controls the horns are transmitted through europe or america before reaching asia. more often than not they creep below the radar. just like the money the infamous rhino dollars. meter national community

appears powerless. in the hague in the netherlands the wildlife justice commission wants to change things by targeting the traffickers bosses. the n g o founded in 2015 brings together intelligence experts the police and lawyers assisting governments in the war on crimes against endangered species. one of the commission's top agents is a man who goes by the name of mean. he works undercover and has managed to penetrate the inner circle of a rhino horn mafia game. my job was undercover investigator of the field god rest because a lot of crimes became true while the traders understand that mark are trying to understand how the criminals operate as the bad guys that the wildlife criminals

behind abbas had to do exactly what it was like 3 that would do what a criminal were to. enter into so we will develop different kinds of all false doctrines depending on the persons depending on the conference the cutting off the nationalists to be able to get through the. even main as most dangerous missions begin on the computer he poses as a buyer and approaches the traffickers via social media such as facebook or we chat . his current target a vietnamese horn baron code named oak. if i open up the subject ok you can see. all these pictures that he has been posting pertaining to the style of rhino horns he just posted approximately 4

hours ago of 1.5 kilos of rhino horn on his reach out but as i'm interested in this number 20 right no one can do a very quick calculation and it counts and it goes up to about a $110000.00 u.s. dollars for this far right here the profit margin is from the hiding its business. meaning will soon be flying to be at 9. in the face of a week mobilization effort from the international community private initiatives are leading the fight. on in south africa an army has been recruited for the purpose none of them is a police officer or a professional soldier and yet they've chosen to join the troops of vincent barcus

a thorn in the side of the pro-choice but. they're very good they are going all the young guys i want to cash purchases they want to put righteous in john. are just doing their job to die why queue up tomorrow morning going to the field sleeping out in the bush it's owner of the school every 3rd price again these guys with $6.00 to $8.00 weeks are in charge and then a year old to go work for us every single day of the last century. was a lot but the loser runs a private militia of $350.00 men. drugs most of whom are south africans but they're also recruits from the us and europe. means in saw a. active duty as a soldier in angola. today he works for a wildlife preserves with his little army. and it was left.

there in a constant state of alert as the horn trading creasing resembles a guerrilla warfare. in recent years poachers of killed up to 30 rhinos a week. the slaughter is gathering pace. to meet demand. on a column like. this i mean consulates around. us i might mean down to kazakhstan. you dread to funk all. that another iran is going down but once that sun calls being made and you know the is a did draw or not i'm it's just work. and then you actually get one side excited but even might be a bit too weird now you want to see what you can find to church the 1st.

one to 3 or the officer. or 3 years old 4 years ago this was obvious to that other animals cough. it wasn't a keen shock to us and when we think it is a different type of we're going about it which isn't judy obvious to shift your inner. with a crime like this the only witness is the bush. tonight

the poachers are bound to be out on the prom it's full moon ideal like conditions for hunting. men since men set off and spread out. on. the stakeout the roads and inspect the fences. and most of our interests 1st being on the stride. these private sector rangers have the same powers as the police vincent arrested more than 20 poachers last year. surveyed streets against my children threats against my wife's threats against me and in small father and mother from all the normal streets will

kill you or will strike you last will do this but i don't fear them. or you just get on with it or. how many vehicles aside slowly now it's true. but not the ones real concern for shock. the poachers have vanished into the night. for the rangers a sleepless night with no arrests to show for it. courses . 2 sides others are just losing the battle against purchases i think quite accurate . sir you are we are.

if you look at the force to see a bicycle as far as you are can see. right up to their eyes and is what is going to cover so they could be anybody in that. we've managed to meet dizzy lucid and i mean. we took weeks to convince to convince them to tell us about their lawns because killers. when we go into the bush will be 3 of us. and. beg for food. and another one is in the x. to cut down on and i go up on and decide in standard bodies. just to shoot. just to show that i. thought there was

a professional he's already shot and killed 7 rhinos for each one he earned $5000.00 euros the equivalent of an average annual salary when i show up and then of course i get happy when i see that i notice that money is the day. as well. to wait nice things when their money is finished and then we go out again . blip some piece with the balls from mozambique that they send in their weapons and people kinda. report it's like maybe 10 or 15 people is brink many many people involved. everyone can die. a day from one of things but i'm thankful all things that is not implanted.

in the netherlands undercover agent main has been working for a year now on the vietnamese horn bearing. disease and fuel our one all these years is all we're main subjects and own letters of our life your friends your here are softly just pure for one year to piece together oakes network is customers suppliers sellers and competitors sometimes via social media we have seen this subject open has been posting a large quantity of rolled out all forms all analysis refute that there are approximately 836 key goals on containing 75 florins we have to work to be in contact with him and he has agreed to meet me next week in vienna and he is our client. data on the pricing approximately how much is 7 all.

in estimation is 6500000 u.s.d. . this sting operation has given the green light to making music heading to be at not where he'll try to trap coke. i wouldn't call myself an activist i'm not a deacon in fact i love to eat meat on a particle off other people are just you know make a little bit 1st to make a change of the world. many horns passed through 100 points before reaching consumers elsewhere in vietnam or other parts of asia. meaning is said. self up in conspicuous neighborhood there are a team will be helping him undercover. so you've obviously

been a public site with a subject for safety wise we'll call you. will we will be a boy and obviously we'll be following your location but technically it's what goes on. but you know just paper the thing not some friendly just a guy these trucks. moving arranges to meet oak at a cafe in one of the more upscale parts of town. the undercover agent has told him he's interested in buying 5 rhino horns a deal worth half a 1000000 euros. this will be their 1st meeting in person and the agent knows he'll be subjected to a few tests i think this drug is particularly demanding on the person to be able to manage stress under very intense situation and circumstances it's just a part of the job you have to cope with. some of these guys could be extremely dangerous we have the evidence is going to have products or what

constraints will. mean he was in place at the agreed location. behind him he's teen films the scene in secret. after a few minutes ok arrives he's in his thirty's and dressed casually in bermuda shorts and flip flops is that going to race while the traitor. yes being in the 1st that's for about 3 years tell. are right again get out some which will also go together with what he claims to be 10 tolls are $3.30 kilo right. all of africa. it was transporter right seeing where it came loose again if it is of fashion of the part of or in it

on the level of the network that we have added it is considered to be relatively high. meaning passes the test and gains opus trust dealing can now begin with a high ranking gangster who puts out contracts on rhinos on the other side of the planet. the kruger national park has a weak flank its border to mozambique. for poachers an ideal date way indexing. it will. show them. into spent weeks secretly preparing for this trip together with the american n.g.o.s wild and free. a lot of the approaches inside africa come from these areas. but the guys who

actually pull the trigger are recruited from the areas we going to. mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. weapons have circulated freely since a decades long civil war and a recent islamist insurgency. and crime syndicates have had little problem finding new recruits among those who have nothing. when you see our guys people live. you learn to stand exactly why they're doing what they do and want wildlife these areas doesn't stand a charge because people need food it's a simple as that. this try not bentyl some people call it our war has been going for 10 years. and it's not getting better but nobody's interested in the fight just our body speaking to the purchase and saying you know what are your needs why are you doing what you fear.

vincent stops at a village just across the border south africa with its supply of rhino horn is only a few kilometers away this is one of the poachers strongholds i. mean since come on armed he's come to meet the community leaders. some of these men may have already encountered vincent at night deep in the bush. i'm certain the trappings of wealth are visible and evident. just look around us the tavern we reach in we use i'll call is the biggest i'm arse's bold in this community and then there's absolute poverty so is the money coming to buy the alcohol and there's not there's good whisky in there where does that money come from it comes from around the world. incent isn't here on

a policing mission in any case he has no jurisdiction in mozambique he's just here to ease certain tensions morning everyone it's no secret that the reason we're all here to die is because of the run off but we have not come here to tell you not to parts or are no parts or are nothing thread is not our business we love animals and we love people we cannot expect communities to look at wildlife as we do. if they are not benefiting from wildlife as we do our believe in this community we can fix that and chinese things. the rhino dollars aren't appreciated by everyone here fast money spent badly has repeatedly caused tensions among the locals. there are no dollars a bring in prostitution. which is epping your quite big drug addiction it's the

secret turns coming in it alcohol abuse. one solution would be to create real jobs for the poachers by developing tourism for example. vincent and his friends didn't come empty handed they've brought along soccer shirts and boots. soccer is the number one sport in mozambique. it's our guest in with community studies show that play or sports leads to innovation and creativity so everything that we're trying to do. uplift and projects bring in jobs and micro finance and all this later on is starts with soccer because then you pick up self-esteem and you have teamwork and something to hope for. the wild and free n.g.o.s set up

a tournament the rhino cup. 3 months later vincent is back with the final. soccer won't solve every problem but a dialogue has now been established with the poachers village. to these kids. are men that are not. looked after me should and thank me and then in these are in language said to me i promise you mark children want god to the kruger park star think that's the cherry on the top. i started over these purchase should be short and killed it was our new one method to deal with the parts of the world when i was in suits and farts one another for the rest of our lars always use it to pull can stop being rich whites elitists and blinded for everything. good art from beyond our fences come and listen to going to start

a lot more on a dream as in then shooting people for this. american one or i ming is having his 2nd meeting with. the traffic here had actually been planning to sell his horns to chinese buyers but evidently the good zone still in annoying. oak eventually agrees to show me no horns it's a risky meeting making news going on his own without a hidden camera. we meet him the next day it's for security reasons we decided not to carry any cameras

however i was able to take pictures of the products factor when i arrived at the place. the horns were still wrapped in white plastic sacks. people were actually and wrapping them. and taking them out of the box at the back . and this is a picture of all the horses. in the house over here you can see in total 28 horns were. shown to me and some of them are quite freshly obtained. probably the right notes which are not too long ago because i'm looking at the base of the horn i've still got the red light stings on top of even a bit of the flesh on there and in fact when i entered the room the smell was very strong. mission ends

here. because of my last one exposure within this network. it became very difficult for us to proceed. further we decided to pull out. before returning to the netherlands main hands all the evidence from his investigation over to the authorities. 10 days later the vietnamese police seized the horns and arrested a man. but himself managed to rebate capture sadly crime bosses are more often than not untouchable. in south africa colonel you'll still has high hopes for his next operation one of

his most ambitious to date. your list and his team want to catch a very big fish a crime boss with personal control of 2 thirds of all poaching in kruger park. for this operation and he lead police tactical unit has been called in. this morning 70 men will mount several raids at the suspects various known hideouts. the operation is now on and will strike at a number of addresses simultaneously when he sees a girl it's a go it's a go show it's or go for you to go to those tall get out. the primary target is the boss's own luxury home. the funniest thing. he's. put inside the. team finds only the suspect starter.

i don't want to hold. this more modest building is used for physical transactions. but the premises are empty . the crime bosses accomplices are caught red handed with rhino horns. they were on their way to the airport after having run the goods in aluminum foil. as for the prime suspect he's arrested at another of his relies by colonel used to himself. his name is petrus my brutha 54 years old also known as mr big. it's

a very wealthy person uses his money well from within the community the community looks up team in terms of a provided offset support i'll believe that is very arrogant because he feels that he's untouchable i think the benefit for this operation. we took away some of his ad against him tens of beats not local police that he's dealing with inmates and other local people that he can't get up the. wall if that is contributing in the fight against we we did not won the war yet. we stabilize the situation but obviously organize ground he said we deal with sheen top of john that you deal with so will you trying to stop it at one place it will lead up to the other one.

in the ongoing war who will prevail the poachers or those protecting the rhinos. with only 25000 rhinos left worldwide where the men and women fighting organized crime have time to win the war before it's too late. 2 years on from the shocking events in 12 b. the culprits of still not been identified. mizuno has a new. resident called unesco a symbolic new arrival. of. the crime syndicates today have the power to wipe out a species that is roamed the earth for 55000000 years. it's a fate threatening a range of other treasured animals to. the trafficking of wildlife and animal

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