John chats to Melissa Castlemaine, Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime about a report on the smuggling of endangered plants from South Africa to the US and Europe. 
According to the research, payment methods increasingly use cryptocurrency platforms to obfuscate financial trails, and around 650 distinct succulent species in South Africa are linked to illegal commerce, which is facilitated by corruption and bribery.

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