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Disturbing world-wide failure in investigating the illegal international wildlife trade with hardly any criminals ending up in the dock
Despite several high-profile seizures during the past four years, there have been hardly any proper investigations into the international illegal wildlife trade and few prosecutions of the criminals involved, a new analysis of pubic and court records has revealed.