PROJECT PANGOLIN

Malaysian authorities seized a total of 171 pangolins, impounded two vehicles, and arrested five locals over the weekend.

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In the nation’s fifth pangolin bust of the year, Malaysian officials have seized yet another 46 pangolins from a wildlife smuggler.

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Malaysian wildlife officials have seized 94 live pangolins from a cargo shipment.

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Since last Saturday, authorities have seized what’s likely to be hundreds of pangolins in Vietnam and Malaysia.

One week ago, wildlife officers in Malaysia nabbed a known poacher found carrying 18 pangolins in his vehicle and only days later, Vietnam police seized five tonnes of frozen pangolins and iguanas in a suspicious bust.

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Customs officials at a busy Malaysian airport have thwarted an attempt to ship dozens of pangolins to Vientiane, Laos.

Southeast Asian press are reporting on the discovery of some 25 boxes filled with pangolins in cargo bound for Laos at Malaysia’s busiest airport last week, marking the seventh pangolin seizure reported by media around the world so far this year.

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A pair of pangolin-smuggling ‘businessmen’ have escaped maximum punishment in Malaysia.

Nearly a year after being busted, two men in Malaysia have been convicted of illegally possessing pangolins and it seems having an ‘elderly mother’ to take care of may have won them both a more lenient sentencing.

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A prison term for a pangolin smuggler.

A Filipino man identified as Aivon Vencer has been sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to smuggle 1,068 frozen pangolins, weighing 4,988 kilograms.

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