Environmental Crimes Fusion Cell The Global Trade in Illicit Elephant Ivory Use Values and Financial Flows Bush Currency Speculation Consumer Retail Consumer Retail Wildlife crime converges ID: 323652
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C4ADS
Environmental Crimes Fusion CellSlide2
The Global Trade in Illicit Elephant Ivory:
Use Values and Financial Flows
Bush Currency
Speculation
Consumer Retail
Consumer RetailSlide3
Wildlife crime converges
with
other conflict and illicit activities
Illicit copper smuggling network in Tanzania also transported ivory in 2013
Illicit diamonds and ivory seized from smuggling operation in Botswana
Congolese army commander supplies illicit weapons to rebel groups in DRC in exchange for ivory and gold
Allegations of illicit logging operations aiding bush meat poachers in TRIDOM
Sudan-linked
militias involved in ambush of rangers
South Sudanese police crossing border to poachSlide4
Narrow Supply Chain
100-250 Containers
15-25 Chokepoint Ports
10-15 Shipping Companies
= Select major origin ports = Select major transit ports = Select major destination portsSlide5
Wildlife traffickers use complex means of physical obfuscation to transfer contraband across geographical boundaries and through licit supply chains
6 tons, Malaysia
Obfuscated in timber
1 ton, Vietnam
Obfuscated as peanuts
500 kg, Uganda
Obfuscated as Shea Butter
1.8 tons, Tanzania
Obfuscated in anchovies
900 kg, Vietnam
Obfuscated in CharcoalSlide6
Seizure Network Analysis: A Global Scale
2015
:
Thailand
3,172 kg
Over 14 tons of ivory products seized
f
rom a
single logistics and transport infrastructure
2015:
Singapore
3,700 kg
2013:
Singapore
1,833 kg
2013:
Mombasa
3,828 kg
2013:
Hong Kong
1,323 kg
2011:
T
anzania
Illicit Copper
Network map of information provided on Thailand Customs Press release
Using company registers, maritime shipping databases, local media reporting, and government documentation we expanded the network
Weeks later a second seizure occurred with several entities in common
Consignor
exported 6 containers within the past year, 3 of which are known to contain ivory
An entity which coordinated container transport in 2015 seizures, also transported several containers seized in 2013
Up to 35,000 elephants
killed
---
Nearly
$20 millionSlide7
Consignee Network Analysis
Vietnamese network imports 7 tons ivory, 4 tons pangolin scales and 142 kg rhino horn
2015: Thailand
3,172 kg ivory
2015: Da Nang, Vietnam
593 kg ivory / 142 kg
rhino horn
2015: Da Nang, Vietnam
2,300 kg ivory
2015: Da Nang, Vietnam
1,001 kg ivory,
4,023 kg
pangolin products
Using the Vietnamese public records, we identified beneficial ownership and related companies of the consignee
In April, 2015 a large scale ivory shipment was seized en-route to a Vietnamese consignee
Months later, authorities in Da Nang, Vietnam made another ivory seizure, destined to the same consignee
Just days later, two more seizures were made.
Third seizure was destined for the same consignee
Fourth seizure was destined for a related companySlide8
Wildlife traffickers maintain multiple bank accounts and conduct financial transfers across geographical
boundaries
Sales contract outlining wildlife sales, using banking networks in Vietnam and Laos, Denominated in USD
Vixay
Keosavang
, a leading wildlife smuggling kingpin in Southeast Asia, allegedly has a transnational network of suppliers and buyers spanning Africa and Asia
Transaction denominated in USD
Banking correspondents in the USSlide9
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