Illegal Trafficking in Thailand Now Worth US$20 Billion
Officials have confirmed that illegal trafficking in Thailand has become so lucrative, reaching US$20 billion worth. Read more here.
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Officials have confirmed that illegal trafficking in Thailand has become so lucrative, reaching US$20 billion worth. Read more here.
BANGKOK – A few dawns into 2022, authorities raided a shophouse in the heart of Thailand’s capital city. Officers from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division of the Royal Thai Police and the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources discovered the shop was breeding coral and selling it on Facebook for as little as $4 […]
The illegal tiger-farming business is thriving in parts of Asia. Tigers and bears can be seen pacing inside prison-like cages made of cement and corrugated steel in a new, covert drone footage obtained by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Located close to a casino complex on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos, this […]
Anything goes in a Laotian “Special Crime Zone,” a haven for illegal wildlife, narcotics and human trafficking. Asia’s wild tigers remain imperiled, say conservationists, as “tiger farming” continues in Asia.
USD 11 million seized in wildlife trafficking sting: Thailand WION 4 days ago © Provided by WION Thailand's anti-money laundering authorities said on Wednesday, they have seized or frozen more than 330 million baht (USD 11 million) worth of assets in a sting operation against a suspected wildlife trafficking ring. The March 12 operation targeted Boonchai Bach, a Vietnamese and Thai citizen, who was arrested in 2018 but later got his conviction for trafficking in rhino horns and other contraband reversed. Thai law gives police wide latitude to seize property that authorities suspect co...