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On the less visible but no less crucial front of the fight against transnational crime, there is an important recent fact, which some might sound “anecdotal” but it is not: the recent seizure of 840 kilos of pangolin scales. The fact is that it is a major crack in one of the most lucrative and cruel illegal wildlife trafficking networks on the planet.
Dandruffs are more often poached than rhinoceros, elephants and tigers together. So far it has been assumed that they are hunted because of the allegedly healing powers of their scales. According to a study, this is not so.
Turning the tide on crime and corruption in pangolin scale and ivory trafficking - Corruption Watch
Corruption is an enabler of wildlife crime, and can occur at any stage along the illegal trade chain. With the involvement of organised crime syndicates, law enforcement agencies' task is made that much more difficult. A glimmer of hope was revealed recently by the Wildlife Justice Commission, which reported that in the years since the Covid-19 lockdown lifted, trafficking in elephant ivory and pangolin scales remains at a fraction of the pre-Co…
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