A Missing Page: Strengthening the Response to the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Tom Keatinge, Cathy Haenlein, Alexandria Reid, ‘A Missing Page: Strengthening the Response to the Illegal Wildlife Trade’, RUSI Commentary, October 2018.

Across the supply chain, for every animal or animal part poached illegally from the wild, money changes hands. Alongside the animals themselves, money moves in markets, on online platforms and between corrupt officials. This illegal trade does not only affect wildlife: it is organised financial crime run on an industrial scale for profit.

Written in the lead up to the IWT 2018 London Conference, the article detailed next steps in the ‘follow the money’ agenda.

Access the article here.