The Wildlife Justice Commission published a new report examining whether wildlife trafficking is treated with the seriousness it deserves in national legal systems.

The report provides an assessment of how the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) has been incorporated into domestic legislation, and how effectively it is being implemented to tackle wildlife trafficking.

The Wildlife Justice Commission published a new report examining whether wildlife trafficking is treated with the seriousness it deserves in national legal systems.

The report provides an assessment of how the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) has been incorporated into domestic legislation, and how effectively it is being implemented to tackle wildlife trafficking.

Rhino horn trafficking remains a severe problem that needs to be addressed with a new sense of urgency as transnational organised crime. Over the past 10 years, the illegal killing of rhinos and trafficking of their horns has grown as a global criminal enterprise, comprising multiple criminal components dominated by greed and the pursuit of substantial profits.

As wildlife trafficking has grown to become a more serious and profitable crime type during the past two decades, there is also mounting evidence of the increased involvement of organised crime groups and cases where wildlife crime is committed in conjunction with other forms of serious and organised crime.

Over the last century, the wild tiger population has decreased to alarmingly low levels. While tigers are adversely affected by climate change, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict, the illegal tiger trade is said to be the most imminent threat.

Rhino horn trafficking remains a severe problem that needs to be addressed with a new sense of urgency as transnational organised crime. Over the past 10 years, the illegal killing of rhinos and trafficking of their horns has grown as a global criminal enterprise, comprising multiple criminal components dominated by greed and the pursuit of substantial profits.

The Wildlife Justice Commission has published a report on the rise and fall of one of Vietnam’s biggest wildlife traffickers.

In December 2020, the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court in China convicted 17 members of a criminal network that was responsible for smuggling at least 20.22 tonnes of elephant ivory from Nigeria to China between 2013 and 2019.

In December 2020, the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court in China convicted 17 members of a criminal network that was responsible for smuggling at least 20.22 tonnes of elephant ivory from Nigeria to China between 2013 and 2019.

For millennia, giant clams have provided a source of subsistence meat for coastal communities across the Asia and Pacific regions.

Over the past two decades, wildlife crime has become a form of transnational organised crime, generating billions of dollars annually and affecting almost every country.

Over the past two decades, wildlife crime has be come a form of transnational organised crime, generating billions of dollars annually and affecting almost every country.

The Wildlife Justice Commission conducts intelligence-led investigations, often in an undercover capacity, where operatives pose as potential buyers.

On 29 December 2016, the General Office of the State Council of China issued a notice [No. 103] ordering the closure of the domestic commercial trade and processing of ivory in China by the end of 2017.

In the four months since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak was first reported by China on 31 December 2019, it has spread to almost every country and caused unprecedented shutdowns across the world.

Pangolins have become a highly prized commodity, illegally trapped, killed and trafficked by organised crime networks between Africa and Asia.

On 4 July 2017, Hong Kong Customs officers seized 7.2 tonnes of elephant ivory at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound in Kowloon.

Beginning in 2016 and lasting two years, Operation Dragon systematically gathered evidence on the inner workings of eight major trafficking networks, through undercover investigators on the ground and meticulous intelligence analysis.

The data analysis allows us to monetise wildlife crime by attaching a value to commodities in trade, while allowing for an estimation of the potential profits of wildlife criminals.

The Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) commenced an extensive covert investigation during 2015 into a major criminal network involved in the trafficking of raw and processed CITES Appendix I and II listed species 1 including African elephant, African rhino, tiger, pangolin and helmeted hornbill, centered upon the village of Nhi Khe, Viet Nam.

This case study describes the dynamics of rhino horn trafficking in Nhi Khe, Vietnam, and the fluctuations of the value of raw rhino horn presented to our undercover operatives during the course of our field investigations.