Nigeria repatriates Chinese fugitive over ¥15.7m rosewood smuggling
Nigeria has repatriated a Chinese fugitive arrested in Ogun State over the alleged smuggling of about 1,400 tonnes of endangered African rosewood valued at ¥15.7 million ($2.34 million). The post Nigeria repatriates Chinese fugitive arrest
Nigeria has repatriated a Chinese fugitive arrested in Ogun State over the alleged smuggling of roughly 1,400 tonnes of endangered African rosewood valued at ¥15.7 million ($2.34 million). The case involves the illegal trade in a protected timber species.
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