Australia boasts a diverse range of unique animals and plants that are not found anywhere else in the world. Organised criminals target our native animals for profit, removing them from their habitat and mistreating them. This cruel crime puts some of Australia’s most vulnerable species at further risk and has the potential to cause significant environmental damage.

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This compendium provides information on at-risk routes as well as typical indicators of illicit activities such as questionable paperwork and discrepancies in information like value, weight, and appearance. Irregular behavior, such as consignments split across multiple shipments, last-minute requests for shipment clearance and abnormal or sudden changes in routes or destinations may be signs of illegal action.

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This article discussed drug trafficking and the illegal wildlife trade.

This report discussed the use of financial investigations and anti-money laundering laws as standard when investigating wildlife crime. Also, this report shared case studies from major EIA wildlife crime investigations.

This report discussed the findings from the case studies and highlights from East Asia in the illegal wildlife trade(IWT) and the actions needed by financial institutions operating in the region.

The global illegal wildlife trade is worth an estimated $7-23 billion a year billion every year, but these huge profits are seldom targeted.

The new EIA report 'Money Trails - Identifying financial flows linked to wildlife trafficking' looks at the current state of play and makes the case for using financial investigations and anti-money laundering laws as standard when investigating wildlife crime.