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Chinese language cover for the Shuidong Connection report

揭密中国水东:鲜为人知的非洲象牙走私基地

全面的调查揭露源自中国南部一个无名小镇的犯罪集团如何得以主导偷猎非洲象获得的非法象牙的走私。 水东镇是一群象牙贩运组织的发源地,这些组织已扩展至非洲东部和西部,包括坦桑尼亚和莫桑比克等大象偷猎热点。

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Front cover of our report entitled The Shuidong Connection: Exposing the global hub of the illegal ivory trade

The Shuidong Connection: Exposing the global hub of the illegal ivory trade

An exhaustive investigation reveals how criminal gangs originating from an obscure town in southern China have come to dominate the smuggling of illegal ivory poached from African elephants. Shuidong town is home to a network of ivory trafficking syndicates whose reach extends to East and West Africa

  • Wildlife:
Front cover of our report entitled Time for Action: End the criminality and corruption fuelling wildlife crime

Time for Action: End the criminality and corruption fuelling wildlife crime

41 countries and the EU adopted the London Declaration on Illegal Wildlife Trade, committing to tackle this multi-billion dollar transnational crime. This report summarises the key findings of our preliminary assessment and reiterates recommendations which should be made a priority for time-bound implementation

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Close Domestic Ivory Markets to Secure the Future of Elephants

An introduction to the key facts and figures of the ivory trade and the threat it presents to wild elephant populations. We also make a number of recommendations to governments, including supporting the closure of domestic ivory markets, rejecting any proposals enabling future international trade and more

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EIA Briefing for CITES CoP17 – Elephants

An elephants briefing prepared for the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

  • Wildlife:
Front cover of our briefing entitled The Role of Corruption in Wildlife and Forest Crime

The Role of Corruption in Wildlife and Forest Crime

A briefing to the sixth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Using case studies taken from our investigations, this briefing details how corruption pervades the illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging and the trade in stolen timber

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