Table 2.
Detection methods used by law enforcement officials in discovering and confiscating trafficked pangolin derivatives linked to Nigeria from January 2010 to September 2021. Information on detection methods was only available for 41 incidents (~50% of the total number of confiscations).
| Incident country | Detection method | Mass (kg) | Number of incidents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | Sniffer dogs | 0.5 | 1 |
| Cameroon | Intelligence | 2500 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | Intelligence | 8268 | 1 |
| China | Intelligence | 10,560 | 1 |
| Nigeria | Intelligence | 45,056 | 11 |
| Cameroon | Routine inspection | 5050 | 2 |
| China | Routine inspection | 62 | 2 |
| France | Routine inspection | 250 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | Routine inspection | 28,200 | 7 |
| Singapore | Routine inspection | 13,024 | 2 |
| Vietnam | Routine inspection | 10,624 | 3 |
| Nigeria | Routine inspection | 1503 | 4 |
| Vietnam | Scanner | 42 | 1 |
| China | Scanner | 274 | 2 |
| Thailand | Scanner | 587 | 2 |
| Total | – | 126,000.5 | 41 |