Resources

Regulatory Guidance

New deal to protect nature agreed at COP15
Uk Government
Biodiversity: Stronger measures against wildlife trafficking
European Commission
CITES CoP19 Summary
TRAFFIC
New plan of action to combat illegal wildlife trade in Central Africa
TRAFFIC
END Wildlife Trafficking Report
United States Department of State.
Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade
FATF
Guidance on submitting better quality Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs)
National Crime Agency
Following the Money: Wildlife Crimes in Anti-Money Laundering Laws: A Review of 110 jurisdictions
Research Gate
Compliance Protocol for managing stockpiles of CITES-listed shark fins in Hong Kong SAR, China
TRAFFIC
Anti-money laundering linked to wildlife trafficking becomes part of Chinese law enforcement training for the first time
TRAFFIC

Cracking the Code: An analysis of customs HS codes used in the trade in wild animals and plants from Africa to Asia.
TRAFFIC
Trade Based Money Laundering, Trade Finance and Illegal Wildlife Trafficking.
Wilson, Gary. J.
Corrupting trade: An overview of corruption issues in illicit wildlife trade
Zain, Sabri
Illegal Logging, Fishing, and Wildlife Trade: The Costs and How to Combat it
The World Bank

Investing in Extinction: How the global financial sector profits from traditional medicine firms using threatened species
Environmental Investigation Agency
Financial Flows Associated With Illegal Wildlife Trade In South Africa: An Updated Perspective
SAMLIT
Corruption risks in the supply of non-human primates for clinical testing
TRAFFIC
Following the money trails of the illicit wildlife trade
ADB Knowledge Events
Tackling Financial Flows from Illegal Wildlife Trade in East Asia
Environmental Investigation Agency
Follow the Money: Using Financial Investigation to Combat Wildlife Crime
RUSI

National Strategy to Combat Wildlife and Forest Crime in Nigeria
UNODC
Vietnam’s Footprint in Africa: An analysis of the role of Vietnamese criminal groups in wildlife trafficking
EIA
Illegal Wildlife Trade and Financial Investigations in West Africa
RUSI
Out of Africa: How West and Central Africa have become the epicentre of ivory and pangolin scale trafficking to Asia
EIA
Driving Destruction: Cattle rustling and instability in Nigeria
Global Initiative

Factsheet on India’s Caterpillar Fungus in Illegal Wildlife Trade
TRAFFIC
Factsheet on India’s Agarwood in Illegal Wildlife Trade
TRAFFIC
India's Pangolins Buried in Illegal Wildlife Trade
TRAFFIC
In Deep Water: India's Sea Cucumbers in Illegal Wildlife Trade
TRAFFIC
Online Illegal Trade in Highly Endangered Parrots in Indonesia
Global Initiative
Vietnam's virtual landscape for illicit wildlife trading: A snapshot of e-commerce and social media
Global Initiative
Going viral: Myanmar’s wildlife trade escalates online
WWF
Vietnam’s Footprint in Africa: An analysis of the role of Vietnamese criminal groups in wildlife trafficking
EIA
Operation Jeopardy: The Growing Relevance of Cambodia in the Global Ivory Trade
Wildlife Justice Commission
The Illegal Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Institutional Capacities in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam
OECD

International money laundering, drug trafficking and illegal wildlife trade operation dismantled
United States Attorney's Office
New financial crime guide to combat Australian wildlife trafficking
AUSTRAC
Thailand says $11M seized in wildlife trafficking sting
AP News
U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Kenyan National For Large-Scale Trafficking Of Rhinoceros Horns And Elephant Ivory And Heroin Distribution
United States Attorney's Office