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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Poachers Beware: Indonesia's Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking [Watch (HLS stream): Poachers Beware: Indonesia's Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1yYD8jzx.m3u8) (4:34)  _Published 2012-04-06. From the jungles of Borneo to the markets of Jakarta, illegal wildlife trafficking in Indonesia is growing. 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[ SOUND ] Before she was dropped off here by local villagers, it's likely [ INAUDIBLE ] was being held captive; separated from her family. Every of these orangutans means a list, or another debt. Because it's impossible to get a baby around with them without killing the mother. The mothers are often killed by poachers because the babies are more valuable on the international black market. Here locally, [ UNKNOWN ] only 50, 000 rubies which is $ 5, in international market it can be up to $ 10, 000. Sanchez and her team provide refuge to babies that escape the trade. But her shelter is filling up fast. She says law enforcement needs to step up their fight against poachers in Indonesia. It's estimated that Indonesia loses about $ 80 million a year through the illegal trade of exotic animals. In spite of that, arrests are sparse. But that might be changing. In the last few years, the country has seen its first two successful prosecutions of wildlife traders. The most recent came this February when a 26 year old orangutan seller named Shamsul was handed a seven month prison sentence. It capped off months of research and collaboration between local law enforcement, and the American funded, Wildlife Conservation Society. Their crime investigations often begin here, in the narrow alleyways of Jakarta's infamous animal markets. [ FOREIGN ]. Armed with cameras, hidden in watches and keys, undercover investigators for the WCS's Wildlife Crimes Unit, frequently visit the Pramuka Animal Market. Most vendors here legally sell animals like bats, lizards and rabbits. For those looking for a more exotic pet, some offer endangered. Like Orangutans, rare parrots, and slow lorises. Defenders think that we are the buyers so that's why we can close with tigers. If we found a product that were left in this market we can call police immediately to force surrender. And then he'd yell at you and then they would come and arrest vendors from my care. Unfortunately this investigator says its not always an ideal partnership. Sometimes he says, corrupt officials give vendors a heads up so they can remove the animals before the cops arrive. Today the investigator has spotted a few protected species. Including this slow [ INAUDIBLE ], which we were quickly asked to stop filming. The WCS investigator doesn't have the power to arrest anyone at this market, but that's not the point, he says. [ FOREIGN ] He hopes the information he gathers here will lead law enforcement to the large- scale operations and help take down other offenders, like Samsol. Back in West Kymonton on the front lines of animal trafficking, bigger issues loom. Population growth and deforestation from palm oil plantations, is shrinking the forest, making wild life hunting, much easier. Over a thousand orangatangs are being held in shelters, like the Animal Rescue Center, across the region. How many we have now? Babies. 15 babies. And this centre has been running only for a year. If this is only the ones that we have found, there are many we never find. Sanchez is hoping that even a few prosecutions can turn things around. This can set up a precedent and then we hope. That this is going to be an example to do it more often. [ SOUND ] We have to start exposing to the media that actually people that trade orangutans can be punished. For Time Video and the International Reporting Project, this is Jacob Templin in West Kalimantan Indonesia. [ SOUND ] ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Poachers Beware: Indonesia's Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking","description":"From the jungles of Borneo to the markets of Jakarta, illegal wildlife trafficking in Indonesia is growing. 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