A well -known breeder between 6 South Africa was arrested more than $ 14 million

Six people, including a well -known breeder, were charged in South Africa in relation to international A single -century century Officials announced on Tuesday that the trafficking network after a period of seven years.

The suspects are accused of smuggling 964 centuries worth $ 14.1 million for illegal markets in Southeast Asia. The South African government said they are facing fraud, theft, and the violation of the National Biological Diversity Law.

Trading in one -century centuries Legal in South Africa among citizens, but local laws do not allow their export due to an international ban.

The Minister of Forests, Fisheries and Environment, George’s debt, said in a statement that the investigation conducted by the country’s specialized falcon unit “is a strong evidence of South Africa’s intention to protect its natural heritage.” “The hawks’ work shows that our enforcement agencies will not hesitate to follow up on those who loot our wild lives for criminal profit.”

Among the six suspects John HumeThe former owner of the largest farm to maintain unicorn in the world. The 19270 acres of 19270 acres was purchased in a northern province of South Africa by African NGOs in 2023 and is home to about 2000 animals, about 15 % of the world wild population in the world in the southern white sediment.

A spokesman for the Falcons told France, Bandoi, in the mid -eighties, and the other five appeared in the Magistrate Court in the capital, Pretoria, and they were granted on bail.

Hume, born in Zimbabwe, sparked controversy in 2017 by organizing a three -day auction on the Internet from the trumpets that he collected by publishing it on the unicorn in order to prevent their murder by the fishermen, although the sale attracted fewer buyers than expected.

The numbers of the rhinoceros were once in sub -Saharan Africa due to hunting by European colonists and unjust hunting on a large scale, as their horns were very sought on black markets, especially in Asia, where the price of weight of gold and cocaine contradicts.

In addition to ivory, the pods are cleared as the symbols of the condition or used in the traditional medicine of its supposed sexual intimate properties.

Organization Save a rhinoge He praised the arrests on Tuesday.

“The disruption of through the national organized crime is necessary to stop overfishing, allowing residents to recover and ensure that the rhinoceros has a future in the wilderness,” the group’s CEO, Joe Show, said in a statement.