Indian Turtle Smugglers are nabbed in Malaysia

Indian Turtle Smugglers are nabbed in Malaysia

The plight of turtles in Malaysia continues. Exhibit A: Four Indian men were detained in two separate sting operations for possessing a total of 1,070 exotic and endangered turtles belonging to several species. In one of the raids, two Indian nationals were nabbed by Wildlife Crime Unit officials at a…

Going after Online Wildlife Traffickers

Going after Online Wildlife Traffickers

Fifty-nine. That’s the number of Malaysians who have been nabbed since 2014 for selling protected species online illegally. Twenty-six of them have already been sentenced; the rest are awaiting trial. This is according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who has touted the number as proof that…