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In sleepy but growing North Carolina towns young families are burying their children because drug poisonings are quite literally claiming a generation.

Around 3.9 tonnes of illicit bushmeat is smuggled through Brussels airport every month - including parts of elephants, pangolins and crocodiles - posing a risk to biodiversity and human health

Customs officers and scientists are working together to combat the highly lucrative illicit trade in wildlife meat that is helping to push some species to extinction

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“Important and endangered animals, birds, and plants are being put at risk of extinction by wildlife and timber traffickers."

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UK officers made 145 seizures where they discovered a plethora of products sold as part of the illegal wildlife trade - the fourth-largest international crime.

Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds, as well as some 300 kilograms of...

Thousands of illegal wildlife products - including reptile blood - were seized by UK Border Force as part of a global operation against organised crime.

Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds, as well as some 300 kilograms of...