customers vulnerable. here you can see them offering elephant ivory for sale, and those are pangolin scales. i m just having a look at the names that she s pulled off as potential targets. a massive intelligence operation helped identify buyers based in vietnam. they were put under surveillance and followed to africa when they travelled to buy more pangolin scales. in these video calls, the traffickers incriminate themselves. soon after this video was recorded, the men were arrested. now they ve pleaded guilty to smuggling and trading in pangolin scales and elephant ivory. finally, after years of feeling untouchable because of corruption and lack of police resources, the wildlife traffickers are under pressure. although the leader of this west african network is still at large. steve swann, bbc news. i m joined now by roddy hamblin,
traffickers incriminate themselves. an undercover officer, whose voice is disguised, pretends to be a buyer and asks. did you buy something else in nigeria? nigeria, only pangolin. you got it shipped to vietnam, the 20 tonnes? yes. soon after this video was recorded the men were arrested. they ve now pleaded guilty to trading in pangolin scales and elephant ivory. i can t underestimate the value of the trial. not only to nigeria, but to vietnam, south africa, mozambique and to wildlife in africa, these guys are the top of the pyramid. finally, after years of feeling untouchable because of corruption and lack of police resources, the wildlife traffickers are under pressure. although the leader of this west african network is still at large. steve swann, bbc news.
Dozens of live monkeys tied up in small sacks have been found in an abandoned building in central Thailand, national media reported, in what authorities believe was a failed operation by illicit wildlife traffickers.