Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) generates substantial profits, often laundered through complex financial networks. To dismantle ...

Rachel Boratto (GuArdean), Lalita Gomez (GuArdean), Heather Sohl (WWF), Leigh Henry (WWF), Kanitha Krishnasamy (TRAFFIC), Elizabeth John (TRAFFIC), Ramacandra Wong ...

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 ...

A new report published by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and TRAFFIC, coinciding with World Wildlife Day 2026, reveals Germany’s central role in the global trade of ...

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 ...

A Malaysian court has issued a landmark penalty of almost MYR 129 million (USD32 million) and over 70 years total jail time to three Vietnamese nationals convicted of illegally keeping an incredible ...

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 ...

Gibbons, nature’s famed acrobats now already on the brink, are tumbling deeper into peril with seizures from illegal trade climbing over the past decade and reaching an all-time high in 2025. Over 336 ...

Trade in marine ornamental fish is an important source of livelihoods for coastal communities. But unsustainable and/or unregulated collection of ornamental fish may be damaging reef habitats and ...

The findings are especially timely given recent trialling of a potential 'Whitelist' system by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA). This policy would be applicable to African ...

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 ...

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 ...