they face decades in jail, says state prosecutor ansie venter. >> they destroy their own lives.hey get to go home after ten, twenty or thirty years, leaving the family devastated with no income, because to the best of our knowledge the crime bosses don't worry about the families. >> the men -- many of whom come from mozambique -- receive about $500 for a successful hunt. that's a lot for the impoverished people here. and it makes it a huge temptation. often the men spend all the money on a single weekend. then they return to the hunt -- killing rhinos until one day they're finally caught. around 400 of them are tried in the court every year. lawyer mike nonyane often defends young poachers. >> the syndicates, the dealers, they can approach one, looking at their educational background and their reasoning capacity, they tell them that it is a lot of money. they don't tell them about the risk involved. so i would say, they're victims as such. >> victims or perpetrators -- in any case they're small fry. -- small criminals. others are making the big profits from the illegal wildlife