Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade (66 page)

Chumlong Lemtongthai and a North West environmental services department official

Three of the young women allegedly recruited to pose as ‘hunters’ by the Xaysavang syndicate

A photograph discovered on a camera belonging to ex-cop and alleged rhino horn smuggler ‘Big Joe’ Nyalunga. It was submitted to court during his bail hearing and appears to show an unidentified man in handcuffs being tortured. In the background is a car battery, jumper cables and cans of beer

Albert Zitha holds a photo of his dead brother Dario, who was shot dead in the Kruger National Park while trying to poach rhinos

Thando, the Musina con man, making one of his fake rhino horns

Left: Tommy Tuan’s passport; below left: R1.2 million in cash spread out on the bed of his hotel room; below right: the embassy car he was driving when he was arrested in Kimberley

A Vietnamese man consumes rhino horn from a grinding dish in which it was ground and mixed with water

A rare photograph of Xaysavang boss Vixay Keosavang (left) and Chumlong Lemtongthai (right). Apparently taken in Thailand, it was obtained from a source with close links to Thai investigators

Company registration documents for Xaysavang Trading bearing a photograph of Vixay

Vixay’s business card