The illegal trade in wild-animal products: Bitter pills | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/news/international/21607891-parts-some-endangered-species-are-worth-more-gold-or-cocaine-bit
AT $10 billion a year, illegal wildlife makes up the world’s fifth-largest illicit market behind drugs, counterfeit products, trafficked people and smuggled oil. An intergovernmental conference in Geneva from July 7th-11th revealed the special worries about #ivory smuggling in Thailand, #rhino-horn trafficking through Mozambique and trade in #tiger parts across South and South-East Asia.
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