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The illegal wildlife trade is now the fourth-largest criminal industry after drugs, weapons and human trafficking. It is worth about $20 billion (R294 billion) a year worldwide.
Gerald Byleveld, Investec’s head of financial crime compliance, told City Press that, historically, members of poaching syndicates were not prosecuted for money laundering because investigators were daunted by analysing financial statements, so they mostly focused on the dead animals.
