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The booming illegal bear trade in Asia

24 August 2014

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21st August 2014 TRAFFIC, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, sounds the alarm on Asia’s ongoing widespread bear trade and the need for

French customs seize 70 tortoises smuggled on ferry from Morocco

8 May 2014

On 28 April 2014, French Customs seized 70 live tortoises, species Testudo graeca (also known as Greek tortoise or spur-thighed tortoise (CITES Annex II/B). The

China criminalizes consumption of 420 endangered animal species

29 April 2014

BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) — China’s top legislature on Thursday passed an interpretation of the Criminal Law which will put eaters of rare wild animals

Arab prince kills 2100 protected birds in 3 weeks

28 April 2014

A Saudi Prince has reportedly killed 2,100 endangered houbara bustards during a three-week hunting trip to Pakistan. According to a report prepared by the regional

EcoJust teams up with Wildleaks

19 February 2014

London, February 06, 2014 – A group of organizations headed by the Elephant Action League and focused on fighting wildlife and forest crime has launched

46 Nations vow to combat illegal wildlife trade

16 February 2014

The Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, held in London on 13 February 2014, has agreed key actions to stamp out the illegal wildlife trade. During the

Rare iguanas seized at UK Heathrow airport

4 February 2014

On Monday 3 February 2014, days after hundreds of reptiles and amphibians from Madagascar were found dead at South Africa’s Johannesburg airport, UK Customs seized

Hundreds of animals from Madagascar found dead in South Africa

3 February 2014

On Wednesday 29 January 2014 hundreds of animals were found dead at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. They were part of a shipment of over

The massacre of Zimbabwe’s elephants by greedy politicians

23 October 2013

As across Africa elephants are dying by the many thousands at the hands of poachers, there is one particular area that tells the tale of

Wildlife trafficking in Europe: the tip of a growing iceberg

5 July 2013

(This blog is adapted from an article that will be published in the Norwegian Police Magazine Miljøkrim, publication date August 2013) Globally, illegal wildlife trade