EIA at 40 – lifting the lid on Sin City, Laos’ notorious playground for illegal wildlife trade
Today, we’re sharing a flashback to a film we made in 2015 to accompany a major Wildlife team investigation and report into Laos’ notorious Sin City
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Footage reveals criminal-run tiger ‘farms’ in Laos have actually been expanded, not shut down
New covert footage shows the huge expansion of captive-breeding facilities in Laos for tigers and bears
CITES meeting a chance for trade sanctions against countries failing to act on illegal wildlife trade
EIA campaigners will be at the 74th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee to push for a range of outcomes needed to protect endangered species from the ravages of burgeoning illegal trade perpetuated by wildlife crime syndicates
Instead of closing tiger farms, Laos helped them proliferate – it’s time for trade sanctions
Despite more than five years of non-compliance proceedings, there has been virtually no progress in Laos in relation to its pledge to phase out tiger farms - it's now time for CITES trade sanctions
Blacklisted! An end in sight to Laos’ Sin City illegal wildlife supermarket?
The US Government has acted against the Chinese-run criminal empire responsible for tiger and other wildlife trade at the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos by putting Zhao Wei, the director of the Kings Romans Casino and affiliated companies, and members of his network on a Treasury blacklist