Title:

Syndikate diversifizieren illegale Aktivitäten

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2023
Abstract:

Die Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Namibia, Mosambik und Sambia werden immer aufmerksamer, wenn es um den illegalen Schmuggel von u. a. Abalonen (Meeresschnecken) durch ihre Länder geht. Denn es mehren sich die Hinweise, dass dieselben Unternehmen und Personen, die in diesen Schmuggel verwickelt sind, auch an der Ausfuhr anderer illegaler Wildprodukte und weiteren illegalen Aktivitäten beteiligt sind. Demnach scheinen verschiedene Formen der Kriminalität mit dem illegalen Handel von Wildtieren zusammenzuhängen. Dieselben Syndikate, die im südlichen Afrika in den illegalen Handel mit Edelsteinen, Gold, Drogen und gestohlenem Transitgeld sowie Meeresschnecken verwickelt sind, sind offenbar auch in Wildtierverbrechen und den Schmuggel von u.a. Schildkröten, Pangolinen, Nasenhörnern und Elfenbein verwickelt.

Law enforcement agencies in Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia are becoming increasingly vigilant when it comes to the illegal smuggling of abalone (sea slugs), among other things, through their countries. There is increasing evidence that the same companies and individuals involved in this smuggling are also involved in the export of other illegal wildlife products and other illegal activities. Accordingly, various forms of crime appear to be linked to the illegal wildlife trade. The same syndicates involved in the illicit trade in gems, gold, drugs and stolen transit money and sea slugs in southern Africa are also believed to be involved in wildlife crime and the smuggling of turtles, pangolins, rhinoceroses and ivory, among others. This emerges from a Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) research article on the convergence of wildlife crime and other forms of transnational organized crime in East and Southern Africa.

Series Title:
Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
de

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