Cape Town - Three men, two of them Chinese nationals, were expected to appear in court in June after the Scorpions arrested them and confiscated more than three tons of perlemoen (abalone) and R263 ...

In 2024, poachers stripped the Nelson Mandela Bay coastline of an estimated R1.2-billion worth of perlemoen, which ends up in Asia via the black market. Hundreds of illegal divers operate along the ...

Hermanus, South Africa - Spotters for perlemoen poachers in Hermanus spot the police from afar and often mock them as they try to clamp down on the burgeoning illegal trade. The whistles and hand ...

Two Eastern Cape policemen who worked in a court dealing with cases of perlemoen poaching were themselves arrested this week for allegedly plundering the endangered species. Wayne Kuhn and Willem van ...

While the authorities were launching the country's first environmental court in Hermanus last week in a bid to stamp out poaching, Marine and Coastal Management inspectors were investigating a ...

Perlemoen worth R86,000 was confiscated and a suspect arrested after a high-speed chase by Gqeberha flying squad members and Humewood police on Thursday. Police spokesperson Capt Sandra Janse van ...

Last week, Nicky Erasmus took to social media to announce his departure from a long career in fighting against perlemoen poaching in Nelson Mandela Bay and surrounds. Since then Erasmus has been ...

A proposal that could curb the illegal trade in perlemoen has fallen between two stools, with neither the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism nor its fisheries arm able to explain why the ...

The State has proved beyond reasonable doubt that there was an enterprise that illegally exported perlemoen (abalone) to Hong Kong by pretending the containers were filled with frozen pilchards, the ...

Besides the environmental impact of perlemoen poaching, those who fight it have raised concerns about how it is funding the criminal underground in South Africa. In 2024, poachers stripped the Nelson ...

Johannesburg — Two Eastern Cape policemen who worked in a court dealing with cases of perlemoen poaching were themselves arrested this week for allegedly plundering the endangered species. Wayne Kuhn ...