The pangolin scales, which have an estimated price of around $1,129 per kilogram, are suspected to have been brought from Malaysia to Thailand, to be transported to Laos. From there, it was ...

An Environment Ministry official shows pangolin scales confiscated from suspected smugglers during a press conference in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.

Thai authorities say they have seized more than a ton of pangolin scales worth over 50 million baht ($1.4 million) that are believed to have been headed out of the country through a land border.

Kano/Jigawa Command, has arrested suspects and confiscated 420kg of pangolin scales, valued at millions of naira, smuggled into Kano.Making this known, the Command’s Comptroller, Abubakar Dalhatu, ...

The shipment was labeled as “frozen beef,” but inside officials found approximately 14.2 tons of pangolin scales stuffed in 230 bags, worth an estimated $38.7 million.

Pangolin scales seized in Singapore in 2022. Image courtesy of National Parks Board of Singapore. Pangolins – the planet’s lone scaled mammal – have roamed Earth for around 80 million years.

The pangolin scales, which have an estimated price of around 40,000 baht ($1,129) per kilogram, are suspected to have been brought from Malaysia to Thailand, to be transported to Laos. From there ...