News tagged with illegal trade

Study establishes importance of tracking diseases associated with illegal wildlife trade

An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified ev ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Record ivory seizures in 2011: watchdog

The past 12 months has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a sharp increase in the illegal trade in recent years, a wildlife watchdog said Thursday.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

WWF sounds warning on caviar

Poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon caviar persist in Romania and Bulgaria, environmental group WWF warned on Monday, posing a serious risk to the highly threatened species of fish.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interpol campaign to protect threatened tiger

Interpol on Wednesday launched a new campaign to coordinate the global fight against tiger poaching, warning that failure to protect the endangered cats would have economic and social repercussions.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug firm GSK fined $2.6 million for collusion

South Korea's anti-trust agency has fined drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline three billion won ($2.6 million) for conspiring with a Seoul rival over the sale of drugs, an official said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Malaysia seizes nearly 700 elephant tusks

Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 700 elephant tusks bound for China, an official said, the latest in a series of hauls indicating Malaysia had become a key ivory transit hub.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Organized crime is wiping out wildlife

A paper by noted WCS conservationist Elizabeth Bennett says that an immense, increasingly sophisticated illegal trade in wildlife parts conducted by organized crime, coupled with antiquated enforcement methods, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Conservationists sound alarm over macaque

The long-tailed macaque is being threatened with extinction by a huge surge in international trade and the destruction of its habitat in Southeast Asia, conservationists said on Friday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major online poker room ordered to halt operations

One of the largest online poker rooms, Full Tilt Poker, was ordered Wednesday to immediately halt operations by authorities on the Channel Island of Alderney, where it is registered, the regulator said.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Indonesia's technology black market here to stay: analysts

Research in Motion's (RIM) PlayBook tablet is due to launch in Indonesia in August, news that should have set the country's legions of BlackBerry fans alight with anticipation.

Technology / Business

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First guilty plea in US online poker case

The American president of a Costa Rica-based company is facing up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to illegally processing payments for Internet poker firms.

Technology / Internet

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nepal's rhino numbers 'recovering' after war

The number of rhinos living wild in Nepal has risen above 500 for the first time since a civil war that led to rampant poaching of the endangered animals, the government said Sunday.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US to probe China's green-tech trade policies

US authorities on Friday announced a probe into allegations that China is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal subsidies in a bid to dominate the green-energy sector.

Technology / Business

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cyprus clinic at centre of human egg trafficking probe

They may never see the light of day but Maria is not abandoning her Cypriot "children", embryos that were seized after the fertility clinic where they were conceived in vitro was closed on suspicion of human egg trafficking.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Illegal bushmeat trade rife in Europe

More than five tonnes of illegal bushmeat is being smuggled in personal luggage each week through one of Europe's busiest airports, reveals new research published in Conservation Letters today.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0