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A Malaysian man dubbed the "Godfather" has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and will then be deported after trying to illegally smuggle rhinoceros horns into0 the U.S.

PETALING JAYA: The jailing of a 58-year-old Malaysian dubbed a “Godfather” in the illegal wildlife trade last month has ended a two-decade run of trafficking in rhinoceros horn, elephant ivory and pangolin scales across the world.

Poaching syndicates reach their tentacles into remotest corners of continent

(CNN) — A US court on Tuesday sentenced a wildlife trade kingpin to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilos of rhino horns, in a ruling conservation groups said would cause a major blow to the illicit business.

A US court on Tuesday sentenced a wildlife trade kingpin to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilos of rhino horns, in a ruling conservation groups said would cause a major blow to the illicit business.

Asian illegal wildlife trade kingpin Teo Boon Ching has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in New York for large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns

Teo Boon Ching, known as the "Godfather," sold a dozen black rhino and white rhino horns to a U.S. government confidential source, federal prosecutors said.

Teo Boon Ching, known as the "Godfather," sold a dozen black rhino and white rhino horns to a U.S. government confidential source, federal prosecutors said.

Teo Boon Ching, a Malaysian wildlife trafficker known as the “Godfather,” was sentenced to 18 months in prison for a scheme to hawk at least $2.1 million in poached rhinoceros horns to several buyers - including some in Manhattan, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Lengthy undercover operations by a US law enforcement agency have nabbed a major rhino horn smuggler.