by Adam Cruise | Dec 6, 2021 | News
By Sheree Bega, Mail & Guardian Cash is king for those on the lower rungs of the illegal wildlife trade in South Africa, but further up the supply chain, payment methods and laundering tactics become far more sophisticated. How the money flows in wildlife...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 12, 2021 | News
By Dominic Majola, Eyewitness News JOHANNESBURG – A man in the North West has on Thursday been sentenced to eight years for keeping elephant ivory worth over R1 million in his house. Moabi Moribe has been on the run since 2018. It’s understood he...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 12, 2020 | News
By The Independent Online DURBAN: Two men aged 40 and 42, are expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for illegal possession of and dealing in elephant tusks, specialist crime-fighting unit the Hawks said on Tuesday. The...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 21, 2019 | Commentary
By Adam Cruise – PhD candidate: Stellenbosch University, South Africa While global efforts to ban international and domestic ivory markets have been ramped up, South Africa quietly continues to trade in a product that has seen a third of the continent’s elephant...