Sri Lanka Customs seized 3 shipments containing illegal Shark fins and Mobulid ray gill plates while attempted to smuggle out to Hongkong. All the species found are threatened with extinction and listed under the Appendix II of the #CITES. customs.gov.lk/detections/bpu

Great work Hasantha Kaushalya, this has made my day! What a landmark seizure, you should be very proud👏👏 Looking forward to continuing & strengthening cooperation between the Container Control Programme & Sri Lanka Customs in the fight against #WildlifeCrime!🇺🇳🇱🇰🦈#WorldWildlifeDay

A successful UN Crime Congress Kyoto Congress&Follow up to the Kyoto Declaration event on the ASEAN-THAILAND UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific border management partnership and roadmap to protect the ASEAN region from transnational #organizedcrime. A significant policy achievement. Well planned and moderated Felipe De La Torre Valentina Pancieri

Good exchange w/ Thai Police Natural Resource & Environmental Crime Suppression Division @ new center 4 combating transnational wildlife crime. Technology driven enforcement helps preempt & act ahead of criminal minds! #EndWildlifeCrime

[SEIZURE] A Malaysian man has been jailed for 3.5 years for his role in trafficking native Australian lizards to Hong Kong. He was linked to 21 parcels & the attempted illegal exports of 117 live animals. Many were bound in tape & squashed in chip tubes. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

Important to reflect on what drives forest loss on #IntlForestDay. Criminality a major contributor in Asia where illegal cutting and trafficking of teak continues in the Mekong region, Myanmar. Challenging times, but UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific Giovanni Broussard TAO ZHIQIANG pressing ahead, adapting plans

Global crime commission CCPCJ starts today with govts considering solutions to transnational #organizedcrime and justice challenges. UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific UNODC Response to Criminal and Terrorist Finance INTERPOL Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore host important discussion on money laundering / asset tracing Wednesday afternoon Fabrizio Fioroni

Large shipments of teak are being regularly seized in India near the border with Myanmar. A remote part of Asia with active illicit trade and important forest habitat - a place that needs attention

Customs officials in Da Nang, #Vietnam, seize large shipment of 138kg of rhino horn and 3.1 tons assorted animal bones from #SouthAfrica - regional demand for illicit wildlife remains strong, and serious #organizedcrime continues in #SouthEastAsia congan.com.vn/an-ninh-kinh-t…

Southeast Asia forest loss has accelerated due to illegal logging and timber trafficking. Some crimes have time horizons, and at this rate there won't much habitat left here in a decade. Giovanni Broussard TAO ZHIQIANG leading the UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific regional response voanews.com/east-asia-paci…

4000+ cubic feet/114 cubic metres of logs in Nagaland NE India adjacent to the Myanmar border. Quite a few shipments like this recently as timber trafficking has picked-up - markets and demand to the north, east and west. Usually overlooked and could use a little attention

Fair bit of illegal and valuable timber seized outside Vientiane Laos and likely destined for export. Unclear if going public is the end of it. And while some will be auctioned, some has already been destroyed (not without local criticism) laotiantimes.com/2021/08/31/aut…

A quick rundown of trafficking in the last 24 hours in Thailand. A slow day for organized crime with just 7 million meth tablets and a little crystal from Shan Myanmar - to be replaced

The systematic takeover of legal and illegal fisheries by organized crime groups unfolding across Mexico affects not merely the fishing, but the entire vertical chain of seafood production through retail, Vanda Felbab-Brown writes. brook.gs/3tkzi95

#Nigeria #Benin #Gabon #CostaRica passionately introduced a revolutionary approach to identify species at risk of extinction for #CITES by taking reference from #IUCN Redlist assessment. #UK #Kenya voiced rare support despite overwhelming objections from Parties #CITESCoP19

#Senegal argued that #CITES listing criteria resulted in Appendix listings that fail to meet the conservation needs of marine species esp. for sharks and rays. As Parties & Chair struggled to grasp the impromptu draft Decision, discussion to be resumed after lunch. #CITESCoP19

Proposal to include the Pod mahoganies (#Afzelia spp.) from African Populations to Appendix II has been accepted by vote. #CITESCoP19

Great summary of this massive win for #sharks at #CITESCoP19! Really important note: "CITES listings are a critical step but only the first step in turning the tide" - Rima Jabado, chair of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Read explainer from @AronTWhite/China Dialogue chinadialogueocean.net/en/conservatio…