ABUJA: The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has signed an historic agreement with Nigeria’s leading agency responsible for tackling corruption in the public sector, recognising the need for increased transparency and accountability to address environmental crime. On Friday 20 September, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission […]
An investigation by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA UK) has found the body parts of threatened leopards and pangolins being used as ingredients in at least 88 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) products.
Asian illegal wildlife trade kingpin Teo Boon Ching has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in New York for large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns
LONDON: Nigeria’s new Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill to combat wildlife trafficking and protect highly endangered species has passed its first reading at the Nigeria House of Representatives. Prepared by the Nigerian Ministry of Environment and jointly sponsored by Hon. Johnson Oghuma, Chair of the House Environment Committee, and Hon. Sam Onuigbo, the legislation […]
Legal loopholes in wildlife trade between Uganda and China could facilitate an illicit shadow trade in the scales of endangered pangolins, a new report warns
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today released new covert footage showing the huge expansion of captive-breeding facilities in Laos for tigers and bears