Rhino poaching must be tackled as crime crisis, not as a conservation crisis

About one-third of the rhino horn that was seized over the past decade was smuggled unconcealed, with no attempt to hide the contraband in shipments.

This could suggest a reliance on corrupt players to move shipments along the supply chain, said Sarah Stoner, the director of intelligence at the Wildlife Justice Commission, which has analysed the trafficking of rhino horn over the past 10 years.