Simon Bloch

Freelance researcher media journalist.

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

INSIDE JOB - SOUTH AFRICA'S HAWKS HAVE ARRESTED A NORTH WEST PARKS AND TOURISM BOARD OFFICIAL ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO THE THEFT OF 51 RHINO HORNS LAST YEAR. https://t.co/9Ytr2NNKAB

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

#IllegalWildlifeTrade #BreakingNews
ANC Operative Killed in Police Shootout with Poachers

@CITES @WJCommission @Elephas_maximus @USFWSNews @UNEP @EIAEnvironment @EIA_News @EarthLeagueInt @julianrademeyer @INTERPOL_EC
@CentreEnvRights @environmentca

https://t.co/Q9khSyMyHn

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

Two police generals and a civilian arrested - allegedly linked to the illegal dealing and unlawful possession of precious metals following an intensive investigation by the Gauteng Counter Intelligence Operations (GCI-OPS).

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) confirms the arrest of two senior officers and a civilian allegedly linked to the illegal dealing and unlawful possession of precious metals following an intensive investigation by the Gauteng Counter Intelligence Operations (GCI-OPS).

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

Sources say that the civilian arrested is Tariq Downes from Durban.

He owns a security company and was active in Durban’s nightlife and club scene.

He also worked with the Morningside Community Policing Forum on safety initiatives around Florida Road.

@pule_jones @HeidiGiokos @eNCA

#eNCA

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

Sources say that the civilian arrested is Tariq Downes from Durban.

He owns a security company and was active in Durban’s nightlife and club scene.

He also worked with the Morningside Community Policing Forum on safety initiatives around Florida Road.

@pule_jones @HeidiGiokos @eNCA

#eNCA

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

ALARMING RHINO HORN EXPORT DETAILS RAISE RED FLAGS - MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS REMAIN AFTER COURT CASE
For more on this developing story....https://t.co/XZIXn8XPxz

@CITES @IUCNRedList @EIAEnvironment @EarthLeagueInt @WJCommission @CanadianPM @julianrademeyer @Elephas_maximus

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@CITES @Elephas_maximus @julianrademeyer @IUCNsos @USFWSNews @EnvUsa @USFWSIntl @environmentca @CentreEnvRights

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

Rhino breeders in South Africa are attempting to bend international wildlife trade regulations to their will and undermine decades of South African law to circumvent the ban on international rhino horn trade. https://t.co/CYLzvoKagV

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

Rhino breeders in South Africa are attempting to bend international wildlife trade regulations to their will and undermine decades of South African law to circumvent the ban on international rhino horn trade. https://t.co/CYLzvoKagV

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

Dawie Groenewald and Schalk Steyn’s Mbombela rhino horn case has been postponed for the umpteenth time, this time to August 24, awaiting the outcome of a recusal application.

@INTERPOL_EC @WJCommission @julianrademeyer @PresidencyZA @CITES

https://t.co/IKX7jIS6RU

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

South African professional big game trophy hunter and alleged rhino poaching mastermind, Hugo Ras, appeared in the Pretoria High Court today, with a new legal team.
@INTERPOL_EC @EarthLeagueInt @WJCommission
@PresidencyZA @CITES @julianrademeyer
https://t.co/7k6nf7TlkM

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@FraudWatchZA @Abramjee @wicks_jeff @caryndolley @CowansView Sounds like he has quite a lot of explaining to do.
Eish!🙈

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@oswaakgoldman

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

How the rot at Home Affairs and Vietnam's shadowy Passport Machine shielded a Vietnamese rhino horn syndicate for twenty years.
@USFWSIntl @EarthLeagueInt @WJCommission @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @CentreEnvRights @EnvUsa @CITES @SANBI_ZA @RCorruption @DIRCO_ZA
https://t.co/Nh8pKkmDZa

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@FfJZA

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

How the rot at Home Affairs and Vietnam's shadowy Passport Machine shielded a Vietnamese rhino horn syndicate for twenty years.
@USFWSIntl @EarthLeagueInt @WJCommission @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @CentreEnvRights @EnvUsa @CITES @SANBI_ZA @RCorruption @DIRCO_ZA
https://t.co/Nh8pKkmDZa

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

How the rot at Home Affairs and Vietnam's shadowy Passport Machine shielded a Vietnamese rhino horn syndicate for twenty years.
@USFWSIntl @EarthLeagueInt @WJCommission @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @CentreEnvRights @EnvUsa @CITES @SANBI_ZA @RCorruption @DIRCO_ZA
https://t.co/Nh8pKkmDZa

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@julianrademeyer @EIA_News Industrial scale smuggling operation. They have set up carving factories in Gauteng, and Chinese tourists are buying the "jewellery", wearing it through customs, and carrying the contraband onto the plane disguised as personal effects.

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

The rhino horn heist that exposed Vietnam’s shadowy passport machine and rot at Home Affairs

By Simon Bloch
26 Mar 2026

@julianrademeyer @EIAEnvironment @EIA_News @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @CITES @EarthLeagueInt @INTERPOL_EC @PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa

https://t.co/Nh8pKkmDZa

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

VIETNAMESE MILLIONAIRE AND ACCUSED WILDLIFE TRAFFICKER CHU DANG KHOA, REMANDED IN CUSTODY
@EnvUsa @INTERPOL_HQ @WJCommission @julianrademeyer @edu4naturevn @CentreEnvRights @CITES @EIA_News
https://t.co/8rLpsjtmt0

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

RHINO HORN KINGPIN and ALLEGED TRANSNATIONAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE BOSS ARRESTED IN SOUTH AFRICA
@EIA_News @WJCommission @ercinvestigates @mongabay @EnvUsa @edu4naturevn @INTERPOL_HQ @julianrademeyer
https://t.co/OUy2WOKavD

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Melania Trump breaks her silence.

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

American Circus & Clown-Show!

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

Many people, big strong men have come up to me with tears in their eyes, big beautiful tears and said - Sir please share some more videos of the SOTU address. So here’s one more.

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

@WJCommission @ercinvestigates @INTERPOL_EC

[Simon Bloch @simonbloch1]

A controversial Vietnamese national was arrested trying to flee South Africa while facing wildlife trafficking charges. Huy Bao Tran is linked to the ‘staged’ theft of 98 rhino horns and a vast global syndicate. @EIAEnvironment @EIA_News @STROOP_film

https://t.co/i9FU0BP2CS