Throughout the last hundred years, around twenty animals are extinct due to poaching and illegal smuggling, such as the West African Black Rhinoceros, Pyrenean Ibex, and the Passenger Pigeon.

On December 14, 2020, a federal court sentenced a smuggler to 6 months’ incarceration for smuggling protected sea cucumbers, valued at more than $60,000, into the United States from Mexico in violation of the Lacey Act and U.S. customs law.

Dec 22, 2021 · Animal trafficking is what happens when people transport animals unethically. The term is usually used when this transport is done against the law for the purposes of selling the animals, often in another state or country.

Wild plants and animals from tens of thousands of species are caught or harvested from the wild and then sold legitimately as food, pets, ornamental plants, leather, tourist ornaments, and medicine. Wildlife trade escalates into a crisis when an increasing proportion is illegal and unsustainable—directly threatening the survival of many ...

Aug 1, 2023 · Illegal wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable natural resource crimes. It encompasses the harvesting and selling of wildlife, and wildlife products, (including pelts, ivory, plants, and furs) to be used as medicine, fashion, food, or pets sold to consumers.

Jun 10, 2024 · Illegal wildlife trade is booming. What does that mean for the confiscated animals? The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Live animals that are...

Apr 22, 2024 · We investigate people and entities that illegally supply, sell, and traffic plants and animals. Wildlife trafficking is the fourth-largest funding source for transnational criminal organizations, generating about $23 billion each year.

Sep 28, 2023 · Trafficking in natural resources such as wildlife, timber, fish, and minerals is an international crisis, a critical conservation concern, and a criminal threat to global security. This illegal trade significantly affects the national interests of the …

Through the Combating Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) Program, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's International Affairs Program supports innovative projects to halt wildlife trafficking, providing a lifeline to the many species worldwide threatened by illegal trade.

Dec 12, 2023 · Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, they seized more than 300 kilograms of ivory, thousands of turtle eggs and dozens of big cat body parts and rhino horns in their annual crackdown on wildlife and timber trafficking that this year covered 133 countries.