Illicit wildlife markets and the dark web
This brief gives an overview of the online illicit wildlife trade (IWT), and analyzes the current state of this market, and speculates on its likely...
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Curbing Illicit Mercury and Gold Flows in West Africa
On 19 November, Senior Analyst Marcena Hunter presented the report Curbing Illicit Mercury and Gold Flows in West Africa: Options for a Regional...
World Atlas of Illicit Flows
Organized crime takes the lion’s share of USD31.5 billion in illicit flows in and around conflict areas A new report warns that the illegal...
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China ban on ivory significant to environmental conservation
Written by Joyce Kimani, a journalist sponsored under the ENACT programme partnership with Thomson Reuters. China’s ban on the ivory trade has...
Abalone poaching
An illicit supply chain connecting marginalized South African coastal communities with wealthy Chinese consumers has all but depleted South...
Tainted timber: Illegal logging, South East Asia
The recent murders of environmental defenders in Cambodia highlight how international interventions are failing the front-line actors who risk their...
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World Atlas of Illicit Flows
Organized crime takes the lion’s share of USD31.5 billion in illicit flows in and around conflict areas A new report warns that the illegal...
Empty Shells: An assessment of abalone poaching and trade in southern Africa
Organised criminal syndicates drive collapse of South African abalone 96 million abalone poached in 18 years, new TRAFFIC report finds Over the past...
The Extractive Industry: Environmental Degradation & Human Rights Challenges
The extractive industry is highly vulnerable to human rights abuses and environmental crime, such as human trafficking along with the uncontrolled...
Untouchable? Criminal networks, traffickers and the trade in rhino horn
Six thousand rhinos have fallen to poachers’ bullets in Africa over the past decade and only about 25,000 remain – a fraction of the tens of...
Interview: Alejandro Nadal, Prof. of Economics, University of Mexico
Prof. Alejandro Nadal, Prof. of Economics, Centre for Economics, Colegio de Mexico, discusses the possible implications of the legalisation of...
Interview: Paula Kahumbu, Hands off our Elephants Campaign
Paula Kahumbu is the Executive Director of WildlifeDirect, talks to Peter Gastrow about their Hands Off Our Elephants campaign, launched in 2013. One...
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Interview: Alejandro Nadal, Prof. of Economics, University of Mexico
Prof. Alejandro Nadal, Prof. of Economics, Centre for Economics, Colegio de Mexico, discusses the possible implications of the legalisation of...
Interview: Paula Kahumbu, Hands off our Elephants Campaign
Paula Kahumbu is the Executive Director of WildlifeDirect, talks to Peter Gastrow about their Hands Off Our Elephants campaign, launched in 2013. One...
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In Plane Sight: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector
In Plane Sight examines wildlife trafficking through the air transport sector by analyzing nine years’ worth of open source seizure...
Buyers in Good Faith: How Timber Exporters are Complicit in Plundering Peru’s Amazon
The most significant, high-profile attempt in Peru’s history to stop illegal timber exports took place very early one morning in November 2015,...
Enhancing the Detection, Investigation and Disruption of Illicit Financial Flows from Wildlife Crime
Wildlife crime poses a serious threat to thousands of species of plants and animals, which in some cases are being pushed to the brink of extinction....