Environmental Crime: Targeting the Proceeds of Corruption
A lack of “technical capacity” is not the only reason why there are so few financial investigations in environmental crime cases.
Leading from Behind: The Focus on the Financial Investigation of Wildlife Crime Must be Sustained
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) June 2020 report on illegal wildlife trade showed financial action is rare. Where to now?
Case Closed? Why We Should Review Historic Wildlife Trafficking Cases from a Financial Perspective
This article explores the role of historic case reviews as a capacity building exercise in Lao PDR.
Turning the Tide? Learning from Responses to Large-Scale IUU Fishing in Five Countries
What can be learned from responses to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Tanzania and South Africa?
Pangolin survival: How 'following the money' could save lives
Around the world, the illegal wildlife trade is having a devastating effect on our natural environment. We must target the finances of high level traffickers.
A Missing Page: Strengthening the Response to the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Financial investigations in illegal wildlife trade cases are too rare. More must be done to identify the illicit proceeds of IWT and ally confiscation laws and money-laundering charges to tackle criminals’ ill-gotten gains.
Irrelephant: The Misleading Connections Between Terrorism and Ivory Poaching
Connections between terrorism and ivory trafficking exist, but they are not a solid foundation for combatting the issue.