Report Warns of China’s Traditional Medicine Expansion in Africa
The traditional Chinese medicine industry has long been one of the major drivers of poaching and the illegal wildlife trade...
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US Authorities Arrest Ivory and Rhino Horn Smugglers
U.S authorities in Seattle arrested two men from the Democratic Republic of the Congo for smuggling several small packages...
Philippine President Duterte’s Former Economic Adviser was a “Drug Lord,” Says Affidavit in New ICC Case
Testimony in a new International Criminal Court (ICC) case corroborates a police report claiming Michael Yang, who is close...
NGO: Wildlife Trafficking Must be Part of the Climate Change Talks
As world leaders meet in Glasgow to address the ongoing climate change at the UN’s 26th Climate Change Conference of the...
Myanmar's Illegal Timber Trade Feeds Chinese Markets
Timber trafficking out of Myanmar, which is largely shipped to China, is responsible for the rapid deforestation of the...
Colombia: 1,000 Sharks Illegally Killed for Fins Headed to Hong Kong
Thousands of fins and other shark parts were intercepted at El Dorado airport in Bogota, the city's Secretary of the...
NGO: US Meat Markets Encourage Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon
The U.S. beef industry must be wary of who they import from lest they encourage the destruction of the Amazon rainforest,...
Italian Police Seize Millions in Cash from COVID Fraud Against Healthcare Facilities
Italian financial police have seized more than 11 million euro (US$12.89 million) and more than 3.5 million protective face...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Contract Tobacco Farmers in Zimbabwe Say They Are ‘Drowning in Debt’
Growers say they often end up trapped in a painful debt cycle as they struggle to pay for expensive inputs they can ill...
U.S. Sanctions Corruption Networks Worth Approximately $1 Billion
The U.S. sanctioned three Paraguayan citizens under the Magnitsky Act on Tuesday for orchestrating a series of global...
The Golden Friends and Neighbors of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades
Longstanding questions about the president’s relationship with a Saudi billionaire who received a controversial golden...
Spain Takes Down Counterfeit Clothing Manufacturing Ring
Spanish authorities have busted a counterfeiting ring that was producing knock off clothing in a quantity valued at nearly...