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Kim Komando Today

U.S. to deploy border protection tech used for rhinos in Africa

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What do protecting rhinos and our border have in common? Black market and violence. In an effort to stop these criminal activities, advanced technology was created. You’ll learn how rhino poaching was reduced by 96%, and how this advanced technology is helping protect school shootings and border control.

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0:00.0

In a distant country, a brutal assassination is about to take place.

0:09.0

The assassins hover over their target.

0:12.0

They're in a helicopter.

0:13.0

Their target is powerful, more so than any political figure and highly regarded.

0:19.0

They take aim and they shoot. The target is sedated. The assassin's

0:24.6

sever a body part from him or her, a dangerous deal is going down.

0:44.9

Lives have been lost in this deal already, but it's far too late to turn back.

0:48.9

The stage is set.

0:50.2

The dealer removes the merchandise from a fancy silver suitcase and lays it right on the carpet.

0:56.2

Are you pleased with it? he asked the buyer. The buyer pulls out a brown sack from the hotel room safe.

1:02.7

55 grand in cash. It's a lot less what the item is worth per pound, but on the black market, beggars can't be choosers. The dealer counts the money.

1:11.6

It's all there.

1:13.6

What he just sold is almost impossible to get.

1:17.6

But it's worth more than gold.

1:19.6

It's worth more than diamonds.

1:20.6

More than just about anything on the black market today.

1:23.6

The dealer turns to leave, but never quite makes it out the door. Service agents crash in

1:30.0

from the next door and bust him. The dealer's life will never be the same. The stories you just

1:37.5

heard are linked. The severed body part from the first story is what was for sale in the second story,

1:43.9

more valuable, like I said, than gold or diamonds.

1:47.0

Get this, it fetches between $25,000 and $60,000 per kilo on the black market.

1:54.0

Today's story is about the arrest of Lumsden Kwan by Operation Crash.

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