The US$1 million reward to dismantle the transnational wildlife trafficking syndicate, known as the Xaysavang Network, was underscored at a press conference of foreign diplomats held in Vientiane last Thursday.
The “linchpin”, Lao national Mr Vixay Keosavang, the director of Xaysavang Trading Export Import Company Limited, was recently seen in Laos.
US Ambassador to Laos Daniel Clune said Mr Vixay is still in Laos. “We offered the reward in November and we are in the process of gathering information that we received in response to that reward,” he added.
Attending the conference, German Ambassador to Laos Robert von Rimscha cited a major German news organisation, Der Spiegel, which claims it has access to Mr Vixay and that …… Continue reading
