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Securing Malaysian Skies – Combatting Wildlife Trafficking via Air 11 Apr
2025
National Regulations

Securing Malaysian Skies – Combatting Wildlife Trafficking via Air

For some time now, Malaysians have watched in alarm as bag after bag of smuggled wildlife evaded detection at two of the country’s busiest airports, only to be discovered at destination airports…

Kanitha Krishnasamy

Tiger at Bandhavgarh national Park India © Suyash Keshari / WWF-International 11 May
2024
Global Policy
National Regulations
Empowering Communities

Tiger Conservation Coalition: engaging the world for the future of tigers

Since I was a child, tigers have been almost mythical creatures found in books and documentaries, only brought to life when I’ve seen them in zoos around Europe. However, that hasn’t dampened my…

Abbie Pearce

Unravelling shadowy cross-border bird smuggling – Singapore sets an example 7 May
2024
National Regulations

Unravelling shadowy cross-border bird smuggling – Singapore sets an example

There’s a backstory to every pet bird chirping in its cage that few stop to wonder, even as they delight in its song. For many such birds across South-east Asia, the tale often begins with a bird…

Kanitha Krishnasamy

Responding to corruption in the non-human primate supply chain for medical research 24 Nov
2023
National Regulations
Responsible Supply Chains

Responding to corruption in the non-human primate supply chain for medical research

Financial institutions have the ability and the legal responsibility to identify and report the enabling payments and the proceeds of crime—including wildlife crimes that are facilitated by…

Ben Brock

Ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta, listed as Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 9 Nov
2023
National Regulations
Responsible Consumption

Banding together to protect lemurs: understanding and addressing their threats

Madagascar is home to an astonishing 113 species of lemurs – all of them endemic to the island, yet adored and popularised far beyond in zoos and blockbuster films. But we’re at great risk of losing…

Transparency International & TRAFFIC

rosewood © Paolo Cerutti / CIFOR 28 Sep
2023
National Regulations

Bringing mis-certified timber out of the woodwork: a Malagasy Rosewood court case review

When a shipment of what was declared simply as ‘wood’ was instead identified as precious Malagasy rosewood upon arrival in Kenya, several years of contentious legal battle ensued. Jamal Juma, an…

Jamal Juma

Fighting natural resource corruption is essential for successful conservation: Very Bad People by Patrick Alley 5 Jul
2023
Global Policy
National Regulations

Fighting natural resource corruption is essential for successful conservation: Very Bad People by Patrick Alley

(A Book Commentary) Patrick Alley’s recounting of Global Witness’s story over the last few decades shows how surprisingly closely the aims and approaches of conservation and anti-corruption…

Gabriel Sipos

Photo by Viacheslav Bublyk on Unsplash 13 Feb
2023
Global Policy
National Regulations

Motivating action against corruption-enabled Environmental Crime at IACC

2022 was my first visit and TRAFFIC’s first time hosting a panel at the world’s largest anti-corruption conference, the IACC .

Ben Brock

Tackling Corruption in a Time of Crisis 23 Mar
2021
Global Policy
National Regulations

Tackling Corruption in a Time of Crisis

The pandemic has tragically claimed millions of lives and placed countries in complete economic and social lockdown, with the threat of a global recession looming. But the pandemic is not just an…

Willow Outhwaite

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