Liberia is one of the countries of origin for the trafficking of pangolin scales worldwide amid a global ban on illicit wildlife trade (IWT). Richard Nelson, an illegal wildlife trader in Bopolu, displays a pile of pangolin scales. On one occasion, she recalled she was allowed to go with pangolin scales after connecting a wounded police officer to a native healer in her community. In an investigation covering nine counties, The DayLight has uncovered members of the syndicate that smuggles pangolin scales out of the country. He said he saw pangolin scales as a way out of poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world.

Source: Daily Observer May 23, 2022 16:32 UTC