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Probably is by the time they are found, the rhino is dead. They might catch the last guy holding the bag, but I suspect it's passed through a few different groups by the time it reaches the airport. So the poachers just go on poaching as they already got paid.

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Yes, for the first few.

But the idea of the test is that this could be done in a wider scale. If a significant portion of horns are being confiscated (via radiation sensors) then there’s fewer horns being sold and less money available for all those middleman groups. Over time the market goes away.

Perhaps similar to how the market for stolen iPhones dried up once people could remotely brick their stole phone. There’s just less money to be made so thieves move on to more lucrative targets.

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