NAIROBI – The International Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Committee Conference, hosted by INTERPOL and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), kicked off on November 4, […]
Category: United States
Ivory Destruction: Beyond Burning
On November 14, 2013 (rescheduled from October 8), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to crush its stockpile of elephant ivory consisting of 5.4 […]
US Moves to Close Rhino Horn Trade Loopholes by Listing White Rhino as Threatened
In response to the international rhino horn trafficking crisis, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the listing of the southern white rhinoceros […]
Federal Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking Named
At an event held at the White House on September 9, 2013, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell named members of a new federal advisory […]
US Will Destroy 6-Ton Ivory Stockpile to Highlight Global Wildlife Trafficking Crisis
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that six tons of confiscated ivory currently held in Denver, Colorado, will be destroyed on November […]
Specialized Investigative Techniques an Essential Tool in Addressing Wildlife Crimes
Historically, wildlife trafficking has been a high reward, low risk enterprise for those willing to seek profit in the black market trade of contraband items. […]
Malaysia Steps Up Its Commitment to Increase Sumatran Rhino Numbers
International support for the Sumatran rhino crisis has received a much-needed boost from Sabah: The State Wildlife Department has been given the official nod to […]
‘Operation Crash’: Antiques Dealer Qiang Wang Pleads Guilty to Rhino Horn, Ivory Smuggling
Qiang Wang, a New York antiques dealer arrested in February 2013 as part of “Operation Crash”, has pled guilty to conspiracy to smuggle artifacts made […]
Pangolin Trafficking: 2011 to August 2013 [Infographic]
Updated figures for global pangolin trafficking suggest that between 91,390 and 182,780 pangolins were victims of the illegal trade during the period of 2011 through […]
Korean Website Displays Adverts for Rhino Horn, Pangolin Scales [UPDATED]
UPDATE 07/23/2013: EC21 has removed the advertisements from their website — thank you! In yet another example of the flourishing online illegal wildlife trade, more […]