Sunday, November 9, 2025

Inside the wild wild west of Botswana’s safari hunting

The Attorney General and the Director of Wildlife and National Parks have been drawn into a legal battlefield where the convergence of high stakes hunting, chaos and the involvement of crime lords, ruthless millionaires, shady community trusts and political figures has exposed the dark underbelly of Botswana’s safari hunting

The legal battle which has become a blight on the money-soaked, greed-filled and crime ridden industry has pitted the A-list of the Safari hunting industry against each other, from mafia dons to greedy businessmen.

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