Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC Sub: Environment Section: Species in news Context: The 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime offers a comprehensive analysis of the illegal wildlife trade from 2015 to 2021. World Wildlife Crime Report: […]

Subject: Environment Context: “Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade” report was released by FATF. Concept: Findings: The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a major transnational organisedcrime that fuels corruption, threats biodiversity, and can have significant public health impacts. In particular, the spread in recent years of zoonotic diseases underlines the importance of ensuring that […]