To tackle environmental criminals more effectively, it’s vital to understand how they operate – and new EIA research has revealed major crossovers between wildlife and forest crime
A toxic combination of widespread corruption, weak or absent rule of law, low levels of development and hotspots of armed conflict have left several African countries wide open to exploitation by well-organised transnational criminal gangs
West and Central Africa have emerged as major sourcing and export hubs for the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and pangolin scales to Asia
In its latest analysis of countries implicated in illegal wildlife, the US State Department has changed the status of Nigeria, elevating it from a ‘Focus Country’ to a ‘Country of Concern’
Just as many of us have been compelled to work from home during the pandemic lockdown, so too have wildlife criminals
The European Union has unveiled a plan to close its domestic ivory market – but while the move to further restrict trade in ivory is both welcome and long overdue, it falls far short of what is needed