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The World’s Most Trafficked Animal Has Scales
Pangolins are remarkably easy to steal, and their body parts are turning up by the ton in ports all over Asia.
31 Jul 2019, 10:01 AM IST
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In November, customs agents at Hong Kong International Airport spotted something unusual as they X-rayed the baggage of a Chinese man who’d just arrived from Ethiopia. They told the passenger, 44-year-old Lin Jin-Bao, he’d have to open his suitcases before being allowed to board a ferry to his next destination, Macau. Inside, the agents found 24 tightly packed aluminum foil pouches. Each was filled with hu...
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