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Revealed: Kenyan poacher tried in US made Sh865m

Infamous ivory, rhinoceros horn poacher and drug trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur alias Mansour when he appeared before Milimani law courts on September 30, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH WANGUI | NMG

By  Sam Kiplagat

Court Reporter

Nation Media Group

A 62-year-old Kenyan man who pleaded guilty to poaching charges in a US court and his accomplices made Sh864.8 million in seven years from the illegal sale of ivory and rhinoceros horns.

Documents from a New York federal court have revealed that Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur was part of a transnational criminal syndicate that was involved in the large-scale trafficking and smuggling of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory.

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