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Title:

Nigeria: Breaking yoke of illegal wildlife trafficking

Author(s):
Akomolafe B
Publication Year:
2022
Abstract:

Despite huge seizures, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is still battling smugglers from China, Vietnam and some South East Asian countries using Nigerian ports and porous borders as transit hub for the transshipment of pangolin scales and ivory. Shipments of pangolin scales intercepted and reported by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) between 2010 and September 2021 has been put at 190,407 kilogrammes. It was gathered that some seizures in ports of Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and other parts of South East Asia valued at $1.5 billion were traced to Nigeria. Since 2010, average mass of reported Nigeria-linked seizures increased steadily before jumping sharply around 2017.

Series Title:
Journal of African Elephants
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Keywords:
wildlife, crime, poaching, big game, protected species, endangered (IUCN)
Files:
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NIG_2022_08_Breaking yoke of illegal wildlife trafficking_Journal of African Elephants.pdf 228.58 KB

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