Inside the DRC’s great ape trade
International trade in live baby primates is a by-product of the roaring illegal bushmeat trade in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Oscar Nkala investigates...
19 May, 2022
Chinese trafficking links
Inside India’s illegal shark-fin trade
India is the world’s third-largest shark catcher. It banned the export of shark fins in 2015, but the illegal trade is still thriving. Shamsheer Yousaf & Monica Jha investigate...
18 Feb, 2022
Emerging threats to China’s snow leopard population
Online trade and China's ambitious Belt and Road development plans pose new threats to the ‘poster boy’ of ecosystem conservation in Asia, reports Hsiuwen Liu...
31 Jan, 2022
Exposing India’s secret snow leopard trade
Sadiq Naqvi unveils data and routes behind India’s underground trade in snow leopards and their body parts...
03 Dec, 2021
Tracking the ‘mountain ghosts’ of the Himalayas
Scattered data is complicating efforts to protect snow leopards against illegal trade, Varsha Singh reports from Uttarakhand in northern India...
26 Nov, 2021
Tourism adds to pressures on snow leopards in northern Pakistan
Investigation exposes illegal trade in the skins of rare species right in the heart of the main tourist attraction of Gilgit-Baltistan...
19 Nov, 2021
Nepal’s cross-border snow leopard smuggling networks
Kathmandu has become a hub of international wildlife crime that poses an additional threat to the conservation of rare snow leopards. Tufan Neupane investigates...
12 Nov, 2021
China’s snow leopard crimes
China is the biggest market of illegal trade in snow leopards. A data investigation by Hsiuwen Liu uncovers recent organised trafficking in the rare cats...
05 Nov, 2021
Business as usual for Hong Kong’s wildlife masterminds
Data investigation shows Hong Kong lacks the legal power to crack down on international criminal syndicates profiting off its wildlife trafficking routes. Hsiuwen Liu reports...
19 May, 2021
Vietnam: Traffickers versus Covid-19
Could illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam come back stronger after Covid-19? Trang Bui and Lam Quan spoke with traffickers and analysed 10 years’ worth of data to find out...
21 Apr, 2021