by Adam Cruise | Dec 8, 2022 | News
By California 18 The “Thunder 2022” operation made it possible to make nearly 2,200 seizures and identify 934 suspects, according to a preliminary report. A major international operation against the illegal trade in wildlife and timber has led to hundreds of arrests,...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 18, 2022 | News
By Bayo Akomolafe, New Telegraph Despite huge seizures, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is still battling smugglers from China, Vietnam and some South East Asian countries using Nigerian ports and porous borders as transit hub for the transshipment of pangolin scales...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 4, 2021 | Commentary
By Jessica Seltzer – International Policy Digest Poachers have murdered elephants for decades for their valuable ivory tusks. Now evolution has taken hold. In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, scientists are increasingly observing elephants without tusks....
by Adam Cruise | Sep 18, 2021 | News
By Rupi Mangat, The East African Buyers are being offered more than 200 species of animals threatened with extinction or declining population on social media platforms by illegal wildlife traders. The animals are then transported by air out of Africa and in some...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 18, 2021 | News
By Abbianca Makoni, The Evening Standard Wildlife experts fear stockpiling will increase during the pandemic in Chinese and Vietnamese borders as criminal gangs exploit current vulnerabilities. Despite the deadly consequences of the illegal wildlife trade –...
