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The black-market trade in wildlife has moved online, and the deluge is 'dizzying'


The black-market trade in wildlife has moved online, and the deluge is dizzying
Rene Ebersole
© Photograph by Felix Wong, South China Morning Post, Getty Images
Illegal ivory from elephants, rhinos, and other animals is in demand for the production of carved sculptures, trinkets, and jewelry such as these pieces, destroyed in Hong Kong in May 2014 as a public display of defiance against wildlife trafficking. Scientists studying the online ivory trade have found that sellers often use code words to avoid detection by law enforcement.
When a squad of federal and state law enforcement agents with guns and bulletproof vests entered a single-story brick home in Buffalo, New York, on July 5, 2018 they were searching for business records of a suspected criminal enterprise. ....

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