Police in Thailand arrest Teo Boon Ching, a major Malaysian wildlife trafficking suspect
Malaysian national Teo Boon Ching, suspected of being a key player in the illegal wildlife trade between Africa and Asia, has been arrested in Thailand
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The Singapore ivory seizure, a landmark bust which drove changes in the way wildlife crime is tackled today
In late June 2002, the container ship MOL Independence docked at Singapore port after a voyage of almost a month from Durban in South Africa. On board was a consignment which had been on a far longer journey
Another day in court: wildlife crimes grinding too slowly through the wheels of justice in Nigeria
A 2021 ivory and pangolin trafficking case had its latest day in court and EIA was there to document the proceedings as well as the challenges of securing justice in Nigeria
Joint NGO statement welcoming the implementation of the UK Ivory Act, in effect from today!
Today (6 June) sees the UK Ivory Act come into force, effectively outlawing all legal ivory trade apart from a few narrow exemptions
Zimbabwe’s Elephant Summit fails to rally continent-wide support for a renewed legal ivory trade
Zimbabwe’s ‘Elephant Summit’ last week failed in its attempt to secure a unified voice to demand a legal international trade in ivory be reopened
EIA podcast – Ban it and keep it banned … the high cost to elephants of legal ivory trade
Zimbabwe has hosted what it called an ‘Elephant Summit’ for itself and several other African nations with the aim of restarting the legal international trade in ivory and selling off their stockpiled elephant tusks