'Godfather' of illicit wildlife trade jailed in US for trafficking rhino horns worth $2 million

(CNN) — A US court on Tuesday sentenced a wildlife trade kingpin to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilos of rhino horns, in a ruling conservation groups said would cause a major blow to the illicit business.

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