Illegal Wildlife Trade And The Banking Sector In China

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1 published in November 2021, called Financial Flows Associated with Illegal Wildlife Trade in South Africa. Since then, there has been significant progress in the way the country’s public, private and conservation sectors have colla The collected data covers illegal tiger-parts trade, the illegal ivory trade, and the consumption of protected wildlife. Expert legal books and journals citations and scholarly analysis of Illegal wildlife trade the critical role of the banking sector in combating money launder

Analysis of a database of convictions for illegal hunting in China reveals the scale of the threat to biodiversity posed by illegal hunting in China. On December 29th 2020, the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court handed down some of the most significant sentences ever seen against ivory traffickers in China. Read more about China’s stance against wildlife trafficking.

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EIA has produced a series of case studies identifying the financial flows linked to specific forms of illegal wildlife trade and major seizure incidents. In 2017, we exposed the activities of wildlife crime syndicate based in the town of Shuidong, in southern China, which had been trafficking ivory tusks and pangolin scales for a decade. Abstract This chapter provides an overview of China’s position within the global illegal wildlife trade from two perspectives: (1) China’s geographical location and its relationship with the illegal wildlife trade; (2) the responses from the Chinese government to tackle the trade.

Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) is among the most lucrative illegal industries in the world. Its consequences go far beyond direct effects on the species in trade. In this review, we outline the basics of IWT and discuss its cascading consequences on environments, human lives and communities, national stability, and the economy.

fJMLC Sullivan, R. and Weerd, H. (2021), “The illegal wildlife trade and the banking sector in China: the need for a zero tolerance approach”, TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, United Kingdom, available at: Wildlife trade, such as that of ivory, is the subject of intense public debate, international regulation and criminal prosecution, while trade of other species is more often overlooked. How wildlife trade is regulated and what is legal and illegal varies both between and within taxonomic groups and depends on where and how trade occurs.

On the demand side, governments and the private sector can help create awareness, reject the corporate “gifting” of illegal wildlife products, improve understanding of what drives consumer behavior, and support campaigns to change that behavior. While some progress is being made in reducing poaching, trafficking, and demand for wildlife and wildlife products—such as China’s Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of ‚Illegal wildlife trade: the critical role of the banking sector in combating money laundering‘. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

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Design/methodology/approach – This study investigates the implementation of money laundering controls by banks in the illegal-wildlife-trade context. As background to this investigation, it provides an overview of IWT, which is followed by an exploration of some of the general characteristics of the banking sector, before discussing the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a major transnational organised crime, which generates billions of criminal proceeds each year. IWT fuels corruption, threatens biodiversity, and can have a significant negative impact on public health and the economy. To move, hide and launder their proceeds1, wildlife traffickers exploit weaknesses in the financial

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China is the largest market for trafficked wildlife products. Its demand has been an important factor leading to declines in iconic species such as elephants and big cats, as well as in lesser-known species like pangolins. Although China’s legal regime establishes protections for many endangered species, loopholes regarding captive breeding and antitrafficking

Given that the Chinese banking sector is the largest in the world and given the scale of the illegal wildlife trade in Asia, Chinese banks have a key role to play in combatting the illegal wildlife trade. They need to ensure that the banking and financial sectors are not used to launder the proceeds of the illegal wildlife trade They must take strong public zero-tolerance positions on the It recommends the use of standard anti-money laundering (AML) controls to combat IWT. In a recent paper ‘ Illegal wildlife trade: the critical role of the banking sector in combating money laundering ’ published in Journal of Money Laundering Control, I explore this recommendation with reference to the banking sector. Given wildlife crime networks operate alongside other global organised crimes, their illegal profits need to be laundered in similar ways as with other illegal activity. However, over 500 money laundering cases for the same period found on China Judgements Online made no connections with wild

SINGAPORE – Environmental and wildlife crime has become one of the world’s largest and most profitable crime sectors and continues to grow as it pushes many species to the brink of extinction, warned INTERPOL at the United for Wildlife Summit. With the black market for illegal wildlife products worth up to USD 20 billion per year, poaching and the illegal wildlife This financial crime guide has been developed to increase awareness of how the illegal wildlife trade operates, and how criminals exploit businesses in the financial services sector to enable their activities. SAMLIT (South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force) is a private-public partnership between the banking sector and government regulatory authorities, led by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). Started in December 2019, SAMLIT is aimed at enhancing collaboration and coordination in combating financial crime, money laundering and terrorist

Elephants China is the world’s largest consumer market for illegal wildlife products and serves as a major destination for elephant ivory poached in Africa. Learning Centre The trade in wild species is complex. Deepen your understanding with our tools and online courses that can help you act on illegal trade and enable you to support legal trade – regardless of whether you are in the transport sector, a This study investigates the implementation of money laundering controls by banks in the illegal-wildlife-trade context. As background to this investigation, it provides an overview of IWT, which is followed by an exploration of some of the general characteristics of the banking sector, before discussing the relevant Financial Action Task Force

China’s demand for trafficked wildlife products is driven by a desire for wildlife in traditional medicine and as status symbols and investments.

Combating money laundering and the illegal wildlife trade

Both the legal wildlife trade and illegal wildlife trafficking represent multibillion-dollar industries that contribute to primate population decline, a reduction in genetic diversity, and local extirpation. Trade and trafficking also can lead to the emergence of infectious diseases, increasing biosecurity risks to humans.

SAMLIT’s illegal wildlife trade expert working group released its second report on the subject which shows financial flows and criminal typologies.

SAMLIT is a financial information sharing partnership between the banking sector, and the public sector. The basis for this partnership is to help detect, prevent and disrupt financial crime. In the first of a two-part article, Amy Guttman takes an in-depth look into the continuing fight against money laundering through the illegal wildlife trade. Global governing bodies, NGO’s and the private sector are stepping up the fight against the fourth largest, yet largely under the radar illegal trade: wildlife trafficking. In a progressive move to crack down on There has been much research and media awareness around wildlife conservation and moral issues surrounding the illicit wildlife trade, but little is known about the supply chain structures and operations of these illicit networks, especially

Commercial trade in wildlife is the major cause of species endangerment and a main threat to animal welfare in China and its neighboring countries. Driven by consumptive use for food and traditional medicine, the large volume of both legal and illegal trade in wildlife has caused great destruction to ecosystems and pushed many species to the brink of extinction.

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