Wildlife crime poses a serious threat to conservation efforts across Africa that rob communities of high-value resources and reduce their benefits from natural resources. The just-released 2023 State of Municipal Conservation Report warns that wildlife crime is occurring at multiple levels, necessitating a widespread response from multiple agencies. "Some wildlife crime takes place at a subsistence level for food or at a commercial level, which then involves crime syndicates and illegal international smuggling, which increases the stakes," the report said. The report points out that individuals within extensive syndicate networks who take the greatest risk in poaching earn only a small fraction of the profits compared to others higher up the illegal trade chain. In Namibia, rhino horns, the ivory teeth of elephants, pangolin scales and meat, as well as rosewood are the primary products that are poached for the world market, while illegal fishing mainly supplies the African market.