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It's just one kind of succulent that's being pulled out of the wilderness at what scientists say are alarming rates, and many of the rare plants some of which are up to 100 years old.
South African customs officials recently became suspicious when they noticed that shipments of "Made in China" children's toys were being sent, oddly, back to China. On closer inspection, the packages did not contain toys at all but were filled with poached contraband. Chinese criminal syndicates, often the very same ones that already have established smuggling…
China's growing middle class has developed a passion for ornamental plants, giving rise to an illegal trade that's threatening South Africa's biodiversity and pushing rare succulents into extinction