Wildlife crime was officially recognised as a form of serious transnational organised crime by the UN General Assembly in 2000. The need for a sophisticated and coordinated response from enforcement agencies is required to combat it
Legal ivory auctions must be stopped and China stripped of its Approved Buyer status if the rising tide of elephant poaching is to be curbed. We call on governments that supported the sale of stockpiled ivory to accept responsibility and take steps to reverse the harm it has done to global elephant populations
A briefing to CITES Standing Committee arguing that one-off sales of stockpiled ivory have actually stimulated the illegal black market trade and poaching, rather than stem them. Among our recommendations, we urge the Standing Committee to withdraw China’s status as an ivory trading partner with immediate effect
Yahoo! Inc., via its Japanese subsidiary Yahoo! Japan, is an important corporate facilitator of the widespread commercial trade in trade in whale and dolphin products and African elephant ivory in Japan. Yahoo! Japan Shopping and Auction sites sell more than four hundred whale and dolphin products (through around 100 whale trading companies), and thousands of […]
As nations prepare to meet to consider allowing one-off sales of stockpiled ivory, this report exposes a booming illegal trade in poaching and smuggling in the very countries seeking the lucrative relaxation
Report on how enforcement measures must be strengthened and implemented as a matter of urgency if the illegal trade in ivory is to be tackled effectively. The sophistication and scope of organised crime syndicates far outweigh the capacity and resources of many enforcement agencies, particularly in developing countries