12/12/12, "Wildlife crime profound threat to nations, says report," BBC
"The global illegal trade
in wildlife is worth $19bn (£12bn) a year and is threatening the
stability of some governments according to new research.
Carried out for conservation group WWF, a report highlights a
"new wave" of organised wildlife crime by armed groups operating across
borders.
It says funds from trafficking are being used to finance civil conflicts.
The study comes as Malaysian officials captured about 20 tonnes of ivory in one of the biggest seizures ever made.
According to Jim Leape, WWF International director general, the report
underlines the fact that wildlife crime has escalated drastically over
the past decade and now posed a greater threat than ever.
"This is about much more than wildlife," he told a news conference.
"This crisis is threatening the very stability of governments. It has
become a profound threat to national security."
Rebel militia groups in Africa are cashing in on demand for
elephants, tigers and rhinos to fund civil conflicts, said John Scanlon,
secretary general of Cites, the organisation that governs the trade in
endangered species.
"We saw earlier this year with rebel groups coming from Chad and
Sudan going into northern Cameroon slaughtering 450 elephants, taking
the ivory for the purpose of selling it in order to buy arms for local
conflicts" he said.
He added that there had been similar issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This view was echoed by Christian Glass, spokesman for the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. "The new wave
of organised wildlife trade crime with heavily
armed groups of poachers acting cross-borders is jeopardising
conservation successes we've had in the past," he said.
The report suggests that the illicit sale of animals and
plants is the world's fourth largest illegal trade after narcotics,
counterfeiting of products and currency and the trafficking of people.
It says that two factors were spurring the growth of the
trade. The first was the absence of credible law enforcement and other
deterrents that reduced the risk to organised criminal groups. The
second was increased accessibility of illegal products via the internet."...
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George Soros gave Ivanka's husband's business a $250 million credit line in 2015 per WSJ. Soros is also an investor in Jared's business.
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