Jailing of international wildlife crime kingpin a body-blow to illegal trade
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
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Pangolin trade probe exposes serious legal loopholes
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
Vietnam is a major global hub for wildlife crime and urgently needs international cooperation to tackle it more effectively
Despite Government efforts to reverse the tide of illegal wildlife trade, Vietnamese-led criminal networks continue to play a major role in fuelling poaching and the decline of biodiversity in Africa
Fast growth of traditional Chinese medicine in Africa poses direct threat to endangered species
The aggressive expansion of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many African countries is posing a direct threat to the future of some endangered species
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.
EIA takes the reins of project to shut environment criminals out of the global financial system
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is assuming responsibility for an innovative project seeking to shut wildlife and environmental criminals out of the global financial system