Malaysia’s strong air connectivity positions its airports as vital gateways for global travel, tourism and trade, but also attractive targets for wildlife traffickers.

Outstanding dedication and extraordinary achievements in the fight against wildlife crime are once again set to take centerstage as the 2nd Wildlife ...

In a significant step toward safeguarding Central Africa’s biodiversity, a recent high-level roundtable convened by TRAFFIC brought together Chinese and ...

A new report published by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and TRAFFIC, coinciding with World Wildlife Day 2026, reveals Germany’s central role in the global trade of ...

Groundbreaking genetic evidence links trafficked lion parts to a known individual — setting a new global standard for wildlife crime prosecutions For the first time anywhere in the world, DNA ...

A Malaysian court has issued a landmark penalty of almost MYR 129 million (USD32 million) and over 70 years total jail time to three Vietnamese nationals convicted of illegally keeping an incredible ...

ShellShock explores the state of South Africa’s endemic Abalone Haliotis midae. Decades of poaching and trafficking have driven wild populations towards collapse, fuelling organised crime and ...

Gibbons, nature’s famed acrobats now already on the brink, are tumbling deeper into peril with seizures from illegal trade climbing over the past decade and reaching an all-time high in 2025. Over 336 ...

Trade in marine ornamental fish is an important source of livelihoods for coastal communities. But unsustainable and/or unregulated collection of ornamental fish may be damaging reef habitats and ...

The findings are especially timely given recent trialling of a potential 'Whitelist' system by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA). This policy would be applicable to African ...

For the first time, a comprehensive review of laws in 12 tiger range countries exposes critical gaps in legislation that may help facilitate the trafficking of tigers. The new report, Law of the Tiger ...

Angelo, M., Hehmeyer, A., Oliveira, M., Charity, S. Illegal gold mining serves as both a lucrative criminal enterprise and a vehicle for money laundering. The Amazon region is exploited for illegal ...