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 ...

forestry and wildlife officials from 138 countries and regions. Six transnational criminal networks suspected of trafficking animals and plants protected by the Convention on International Trade ...

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 ...