EIA podcast – why it’s vital to go after the huge profits of illegal wildlife trade
The global illegal wildlife trade is worth billions every year – but these huge profits are seldom targeted
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Tag: money-laundering
Following the blood money – the importance of targeting the huge profits of illegal wildlife trade
The blood money fueling environmental crime, driving corruption and undermining sustainable development and conservation is all too rarely targeted in criminal investigations
Doing it by the book: New resources for financial investigations of illegal wildlife trade
The Royal United Services Institute and EIA have launched new resources to help enforcement agencies around the world to use financial intelligence to crack down on illegal wildlife trade
From tiger trafficking to supermarket plastics – the differences we’ve made in 2019!
As we prepare to get our teeth into a new decade of challenges, here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a busy year in 2019
International task force agrees to target money laundering in illegal wildlife trade
Agreement has been reached by the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crack down on money laundering linked to the illegal wildlife trade
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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