In an indication that China is getting serious about properly prosecuting wildlife criminals, a court in Jiangsu province has jailed a man for 11-and-a-half years and confiscated about £54,900 (500,000 RMB) worth of his private assets for ivory smuggling
Demand for pangolin scales in China for traditional medicine drives poaching and trafficking across Africa and Asia
The first regional conference on combating illegal jaguar trade closed on 25 July with a commitment to closer regional cooperation to counter the transnational criminal networks involved
The annual UN International Anti-Corruption Day (9 December) provides an opportunity to reflect on whether the global community is making progress in curbing this persistent and pernicious crime – and in terms of the prevalence of corruption as a key enabler of environmental crime, the overall prognosis is not good.