(Ecuador)  Galápagos’ iconic giant tortoises and land iguanas  remain among the main targets for international wildlife ...

Home to one of the world’s busiest transshipment hubs, Singapore is stepping up to shield its maritime sector from wildlife traffickers, with a targeted guide to help industry members spot and stop ...

Groundbreaking genetic evidence links trafficked lion parts to a known individual — setting a new global standard for wildlife crime prosecutions For the first time anywhere in the world, DNA ...

As CITES CoP20 closes in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, TRAFFIC notes highlights from the event. Lasting success will now require nations and regions to cooperate and take concrete action to stop illegal ...

ShellShock explores the state of South Africa’s endemic Abalone Haliotis midae. Decades of poaching and trafficking have driven wild populations towards collapse, fuelling organised crime and ...

Rhino poaching in Africa drops to lowest level since 2011, but total rhino numbers decline 6.7% — with white rhinos at near two-decade low Asian rhinos stable, but Critically Endangered species in ...

Angelo, M., Hehmeyer, A., Oliveira, M., Charity, S. Illegal gold mining serves as both a lucrative criminal enterprise and a vehicle for money laundering. The Amazon region is exploited for illegal ...

Suri, P., Chng, S.C.L, Ahmad, A., Hunter, M., Devlin, C. Cross-border smuggling at the porous West Kalimantan-Sarawak land border enables the illegal movement of ...

With over 70% of its species found nowhere else on Earth, Madagascar is facing a biodiversity crisis, as commercial poaching and trafficking—second only to deforestation—drive many endemic species ...

Interpol have confirmed the seizure of nearly 20,000 live animals – all endangered or protected species – in an operation that involved intelligence gathering across 138 countries. Operation Thunder ...

Madagascar’s extraordinary medicinal plants, prized for their unique properties and used in life-saving cancer drugs and health products, are being harvested in unregulated quantities for local and ...

This research aims to provide a greater understanding of the who, what, where, when, how, and why of the illegal succulent trade dynamics, along with a review of legal proceedings of succulent court ...