58-year-old Malaysian imprisoned in US last month was described as being at the centre of trafficking in rhinoceros horns, elephant ivory and pangolin scales.
Teo Boon Ching in the hands of Thai police in June 2022 before he was extradited to the US to face trial for trafficking in wildlife.
Teo Boon Ching was known as “Zhang”, “Dato Sri” and “Godfather”, according to US authorities, who described him as being part of an international conspiracy for large-scale wildlife trafficking. The international NGO said Teo had been in the business for more than two decades and played a key role in logistics and helping to conceal and pack the goods for several criminal networks which smuggled the contraband items into Asia through Malaysian ports.
Teo first came into the news in Thailand in 2015 when he was arrested with about 135kg of ivory in tow, valued at over RM650,000 at the time.Seven years later, in June 2022, he was detained by Thai authorities again and extradited to the US.
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