The arrest and conviction of these four suspects is the product of the first major intelligence-led undercover investigation into two organised crime networks.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has handed down a six-year jail term to each of the four foreigners accused of trafficking 7.1 tonnes of pangolin scales and 850 kgs of ivory in Nigeria.
The convicts, three Vietnamese and one Guinean national were found guilty at the end of the trial, but the judge gave them an option of payment of fines in lieu of imprisonment.
3 Vietnamese, 1 Guinean jailed 6 years for wildlife trafficking in Nigeria
A Federal High Court in Lagos has handed down a six-year jail term to each of the four foreigners accused of trafficking 7.1 tonnes of pangolin scales and 850 kgs of ivory in Nigeria.
The convicts, three Vietnamese and one Guinean national were found guilty at the end of the trial, but the judge gave them an option of payment of fines in lieu of imprisonment.
3 Vietnamese, 1 Guinean jailed 6 years for wildlife trafficking in Nigeria