Title:

Calls for wildlife crime to be recognised as transnational crime

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2022
Abstract:

Director of Intelligence at the Wildlife Justice Commission Sarah Stoner is calling for wildlife crime to be recognised as transnational crime and not simply as a conservation issue. According to Stoner, "Our analysis found that rhino horn is most often smuggled with no concealment at all so around 1/3 of horns that were seized in the last 10 years indicate there was no attempt to hide the contraband in the shipment. So we do feel this could indicate that traffickers are more reliant on corrupt elements to move rhino horn shipments through that supply chain and that those actors can provide an efficient guarantee of safe passage."

Series Title:
SABC News
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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