Members of anti-poaching units are sometimes involved in poaching or trafficking themselves, a latest report shows. This is according to a protection and law-enforcement report released by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism last week. Moreover, the report says 83 people have been arrested in connection with poaching and conspiring to poach rhinos and committing other wildlife crimes last year. It states that 39 people were arrested after pre-emptive investigations in 2023, while follow-up investigations related to rhino poaching have led to 44 arrests. A total of 69 rhinos were poached during this time, while 83 people were arrested in connection with rhino poaching. There were also 19 arrests in cases related to the rare elephant’s foot plant, and 326 cases in which this plant was poached, while eight elephants were poached last year.