Pangolin trafficking in the Bronkhorstspruit area is at an all-time high. Three of these animals were rescued in the Bronkhorstspruit and Cullinan area in September, while court cases in which pangolin traffickers are being prosecuted are also underway in both the Bronkhorstspruit Regional Court and the Cullinan Regional Court. In the most recent incident, a team comprising members of the police, the CNI Domestic Drug Trafficking Head Office, the Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit Germiston, the K9 units from Pretoria and East Rand and the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group (a private institution) worked together to arrest the smuggler.