Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Local Non-Fiction, Nature & Natural History, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781770223363
Published: November 2012
Imprint: Zebra Press
Page Extent: 344
Format: PDF
RRP 315.00

Killing for Profit

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A terrifying true story of greed, corruption, depravity and ruthless criminal enterprise …

On the black markets of Southeast Asia, rhino horn is worth more than gold, cocaine and heroin. This is the chilling story of a more than two-year-long investigation into a dangerous criminal underworld where merciless syndicates will stop at nothing to attain their prize. It is a tale of greed, folly and corruption, and of an increasingly desperate battle to save the rhino – which has survived for more than 50 million years – from extinction. Killing for Profit is a meticulous, devastating and revelatory account of one of the world’s most secretive trades. It exposes poachers, gangsters, con men, mercenaries, killers, gunrunners, diplomats, government officials and other...

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Julian Rademeyer

Julian Rademeyer

Julian Rademeyer is an award-winning investigative journalist. He has written and worked for many of South Africa’s major newspapers, including City Press, Beeld, the Sunday Times, Pretoria News and The Herald. He has been a stringer for Reuters and a freelance writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Associated Press. Until he resigned to write this book, he was chief reporter for Media24 Investigations. In a career spanning close on two decades, he has reported from some of the world’s most troubled countries, including Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Belarus and Lebanon.

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