• Wildlife trafficking kingpin Vixay Keosavang (left) and his lieutenant Chumlong Lemtongthai (right) pictures in 'Killing for Profit'. Chumlong is currently serving a 40 year prison sentence in South Africa.

    The Kingpin

    By Julian Rademeyer This is the face of international wildlife trafficking. Vixay Keosavang is one of the most ruthless and active wildlife smugglers operating in Southeast Asia and Africa today. His activities and those of the Thai nationals he employed to acquire rhino horn, ivory, lion bones, pangolins, reptiles and monkeys for his company, Xaysavang [...]

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    3rd Degree: Busting the illegal rhino horn trade

    3rd Degree with Debora Patta and Julian Rademeyer investigates the illegal rhino horn trade, pseudo-hunting, and  the activities of a ruthless Laotian crime syndicate headed by Vixay Keosavang, the “Pablo Escobar of wildlife crime”. (Be warned, the shows contains upsetting scenes which may disturb sensitive viewers) Tweet

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    Apartheid’s Secret

    The latest archive document…In January 1996, Judge Mark Kumleben – the chairman of a commission of inquiry into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn in South Africa – released his report. It ran to more than 200 pages and, despite the dry legalese, read like a thriller. It found that the South African [...]

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    Killing for Profit launch trailer

    The official launch of “Killing for Profit – Exposing the illegal rhino horn trade” took place on  on 21 November 2012 at Hyde Park Exclusive Books. Watch the launch trailer… Tweet

  • Chumlong Lemtongthai

    The story that exposed the Xaysavang syndicate…

    Wildlife trafficking trail trail leads to SA safari man 21 July 2011 By Julian Rademeyer (Media24 Investigations) Johannesburg – A South African lion breeder and safari operator has emerged as a key supplier of millions of rands worth of rhino horn to a ruthless southeast Asian wildlife trafficking syndicate. Marnus Steyl, 37, allegedly stood to [...]

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 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 rhinos - which have existed for more than 50 million years.
Killing for Profit is a meticulous, devastating and revelatory account of one of the world’s most secretive trades. It exposes poachers, scoundrels, gangsters, conmen, mercenaries, killers, gun-runners, diplomats, government officials and kingpins behind the slaughter. And it follows the bloody trail from the frontlines of the rhino wars to the lair of a wildlife-trafficking kingpin on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos …

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Maak jou gereed vir ’n riller oor wildstropers, wapensmokkelaars, moordenaars, korrupte politici, diplomate, wildboere, jagters, prostitute en ’n klomp uitvaagsels sonder wie die wêreld ’n beter plek sou wees, skryf Magda Swart in Beeld. Was dit maar ’n storie deur een of ander slim skrywer, sou ’n mens wonder waar hy aan sy ryke verbeelding [...]

Reuters: A deadly year for Africa’s rhinos

Reuters looks back at 2012, a year in which record numbers of rhinos were slaughtered for their horns. Tweet

Morning Live from Julian Rademeyer on Vimeo.

A “sophisticated…no-holds barred” read

Julian Rademeyer speaks to Samm Marshall on SABC2′s Morning Live programme about the murky world of rhino poaching and organised crime. Tweet

Amazon UK now shipping…

Amazon.co.uk now has copies of Killing for Profit in stock. Costs £13.60 & is delivered free in the UK with Amazon’s Super Saver Delivery. For other international delivery options check out: http://killingforprofit.com/the-book/buy-it/ Tweet

Game farmer wants charges dropped

Game farmer Marnus Steyl claims that the hunt featured in this eNCA report was legal and that he had no idea that an international syndicate was using the hunts to obtain rhino horn for black market medicine. Karyn Maughan reports… Tweet

Update: Steyl granted bail in “pseudo-hunt” case

5 December 2012 – Free State game farmer Marnus Steyl – who stands accused of assisting wildlife traffickers to obtain a steady supply of rhino horn for black market trade – has been granted R100 000 bail after a brief appearance in the Vryburg Regional Court. He faces provisional charges that include 23 counts of [...]

Marnus Steyl to face new charges over alleged rhino “pseudo-hunts”

BREAKING NEWS: 4 December, 2012 – Arrest warrants have been issued for game farmer Marnus Steyl and Thai national Punpitak Chunchom in connection with alleged pseudo-hunts of white rhino. Steyl is expected to appear in a Vryburg court on 5 December 2012  to face new charges in connection with alleged “pseudo hunts” of white rhino. [...]