by Adam Cruise | Dec 10, 2020 | Reports
By Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) On the eve of UN International Anti-Corruption Day (09 December), our latest report finds West and Central Africa have emerged as major sourcing and export hubs for the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and pangolin...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 11, 2020 | News
By Mirage News During the month-long Operation Thunder, Border Force officers at ports and airports made 178 seizures containing thousands of products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). These included elephant tusks...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 11, 2020 | News
By David Stanway and Tom Brown, National Post China prosecuted more than 15,000 people for wildlife-related crimes in the first nine months of the year, up 66% from 2019, state prosecutors said, as authorities moved to enforce a trafficking ban imposed after the...
by Adam Cruise | Oct 23, 2020 | News
By CNA HONG KONG: Hong Kong is thriving as a transnational wildlife smuggling hub because its laws are not strong enough to tackle organised crime running the lucrative trade, researchers said Friday (Oct 23). With its busy port and transport links, the...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 13, 2020 | News
By Ana Popovich, Front Line Whistleblower News August 12 is World Elephant Day, a day “to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants.” Asian elephants are marked as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red...
