Some 20,000 live animals, all endangered or protected species, have been seized during Operation Thunder, the biggest global ...

Four Individuals Sentenced for Smuggling Wildlife, Over 100 Tropical Birds Drowned After Cages Were Thrown Overboard ...

These crimes, which include illegal wildlife trade, logging, fishing, and mining, don’t just destroy biodiversity but destabilize economies and threaten global security. Nature crimes comprise the ...

combat and eradicate the illegal trade in wildlife, on both the supply and demand sides, including by strengthening the legislation necessary for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of ...

SACRAMENTO — A California couple pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife ...

Now, their new caretakers at the Brookfield Zoo are sharing their story to highlight the illegal exotic pet trade ... Wildlife trafficking is a worldwide, multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise ...

Turns out organised gangs are behind this elaborate scam wherein ‘informers’ pretending to possess (real) intelligence on wildlife trafficking networks show willingness to trade the same for a ...

A new investigation by wildlife trade monitoring group ... would enable agencies to build stronger criminal cases that could lead to prosecutions. The researchers uncovered some evidence that ...