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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies

South African men sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino horn trafficking case

Two rhinos stand on a mound
Rhinos at a game reserve near Hammanskraal in South Africa. Photograph: Alfonso Nqunjana/AP

Two traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world’s largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga.

Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus had faced more than 1,700 charges ranging from illegally hunting and dehorning rhinos to racketeering and money laundering.

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