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Now we arrive at the court hearing, the prosecution, the final step in this journey towards justice.

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  1. 1.

    David Brown Antique dealer ran smuggling ring to supply illicit trade in ivory ornaments The Times, 14 June 2008.

  2. 2.

    Mammoth haul seized The Times, 21 January 2011.

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    Nick Davies and Oliver Holme The crime family at the centre of Asia’s animal trafficking network The Guardian, 26 September 2016. See https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/26/bach-brothers-elephant-ivory Accessed 27/09/2016.

  4. 4.

    Ivory smuggler jailed The Times, 23 August 2013.

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    Rhino horn smugglers given 20 years in jail The Daily Telegraph, 19 December 2015.

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    Xinhua April 13, 2016, Online Edition see www.shanghaidaily.com/national/Man-gets-10-years-for-illegally-transporting-wild-animal-products/shdaily.shtml Accessed 16/04/2016.

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    News 24 correspondent 35 years in jail for Zim poacher News 24 Special Reports Zimbabwe, 1 January 2016. See http://www.news24/SouthAfrica/News/35-years-in-jail-for-Zim-poacher Accessed 17/08/2016.

  8. 8.

    Julian Rademeyer Beyond Borders: Crime, conservation and criminal networks on the illicit rhino horn trade (Part 2 of a 2-part investigation into rhino horn trafficking in Southern Africa) Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, July 2016.

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    NewsDay Zimbabwe Cross-border poacher faces extradition 8 August 2017. See https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/08/08/cross-border-poacher-faces-extradition Accessed 17/08/2017.

  10. 10.

    Lebogang Mosikare Alleged poaching kingpin granted bail Monegi, 26 June 2018. See http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=764 Accessed 05/07/2018.

  11. 11.

    Jerome Starkey Ivory kingpin caught after months on run The Times, 24 December 2014.

  12. 12.

    Jerome Starkey Ivory baron remanded in Kenyan jail The Times, 31 December 2014.

  13. 13.

    Paula Kahumbu Kenya jails ivory kingpin for 20 years The Guardian, 23 July 2016. See https://www.theguardian.com/environment/africa-wild/2016/jul/23/ Accessed 04/10/2016

  14. 14.

    UK aid to crack down on criminal gangs driving the illegal wildlife trade UK Government. See https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-aid-to-crack-down-on-criminal-gangs-driving Accessed 11/10/2018.

  15. 15.

    Zelda Venter Technical glitches delay rhino poaching trial Iol, 29 January 2018. See https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/technical-glitches-delay-rhino-poach Accessed 06/02/2018.

  16. 16.

    Jane Flanagan Big game hunter faces arrest after offering poaching trip The Times, 23 May 2018.

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    See (n.14).

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Martin, B. (2019). Prosecutions. In: Survival or Extinction?. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13293-4_28

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