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View all search resultsThe Philippines' interior ministry said on Wednesday it plans to acquire pistols for community leaders willing to fight crime and drugs, prompting concern it could fuel even more violence in the country's notoriously bloody crackdown.
Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in Asia's illegal trade in endangered species, dealing a blow to a family-run syndicate that smuggles elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts to Chinese and Vietnamese dealers.
The Baa District Court’s panel of judges sentenced Abraham Louhenapessy, 56, alias Kapten Bram, to six years in prison and ordered him to pay Rp 500 million (US$ 37,481.30) in fines or face an additional six months in prison after being found guilty of trafficking 65 immigrants to New Zealand.
Britain's Prince William has praised Vietnam, China and other Asian countries for taking unprecedented steps to battle wildlife trafficking but says the truth is that rhinos, elephants, pangolins and lions are still being killed in horrifying numbers.
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