DRC stockpiles fuel illegal wildlife trade
Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Jonas Kiriko investigates why...
10 August, 2023
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Using access to information laws to uncover wildlife crime in the UK
There doesn’t seem to be a clear, singular approach to wildlife crime in the UK, which makes accessing data about it extremely challenging, writes Marthe de Ferrer...
08 June, 2022
Pakistan poachers lure ‘ambassadors of peace’ out the sky
Rafiullah Mandokhail investigates the impact that trappers and traffickers in Pakistan are having on increasingly endangered crane species...
18 January, 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 December, 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 November, 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 November, 2021
Enhancing wildlife crime journalism with data
New Oxpeckers professional support programme boosts wildlife crime reporting in Southern Africa with data-driven tools and journalist training...
26 July, 2021
Stockpiling wildlife in the time of lockdown
Wildlife traffickers in Southeast Asia are stockpiling animal parts in anticipation of demand recovering when Covid-19 restrictions are eased. Imelda Abano & Leilani Chavez report...
04 June, 2021
Philippine wildlife criminals get away with a slap on the wrist
Measly court penalties and weak laws do little to stop a lucrative business where kingpins evade justice, and small-time smugglers take the fall. Jhesset O. Enano investigates...
02 June, 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