News | Thai Animal Trafficker Caught

Boonchai Bach captured in Thailand. Image credit: Tassanee Vejpongsa/AP via NPR.

A huge development in the wildlife trafficking world: wildlife black marketeer Boonchai Bach was captured by Thai police on January 20th, 2018. Described by anti-trafficking nonprofit, Freeland, as a "kingpin", Bach's capture has been the goal of many nonprofits and agencies for over a decade.

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