In Nigeria, a decade of payoffs boosted global wildlife trafficking hub

Mongabay
Mar 4, 2022, 11:16 am181 pts
LAGOS — Nigeria has for years failed to hold wildlife traffickers and poachers accountable for their crimes, despite federal and state laws that criminalize the killing and trading of protected species, an investigation by Premium Times and Mongabay has found. Our findings are based on an extensive analysis…

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