Indonesian kingpin of illegal wildlife trade gets two years in prison

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonJul 13, 2015, 12:15 am293 pts
An Indonesian wildlife trafficker who was arrested while trying to sell a baby orangutan in February, Vast Haris Nasution, was sentenced last week to two years behind bars. Vast Haris admitted to running a trading network that stretches from Indonesia's westernmost provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra, where a…

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