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Asia is by far the world’s largest demand region for
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Trafficking Instances
50 100 150 200
FIGURE 2 RHINO HORNIVORY 150
135 REPTILES 120 BIRDS MARINE PRODUCTSPANGOLIN
105 . 90
MAMMALS China is dominant 75 60
NUMBER OF SEIZURES
45 KEY 30
15 0
China VietnamIndonesiaThailandIndia MalaysiaPhilippinesPakistanTaiwanSingaporeJapan BangladeshKazakhstanNepal Sri LankaCambodiaKyrgyzstanLaos Maldives timeframe.
ASIA Seized Ivory (5,729 kg) 31,374 Seized Reptiles Seized Pangolin (8,888 kg) 5,094 Seized Mammals 96 Seizures 63 Seizures 37 Seizures 37 Seizures FIGURE 3
Seized Rhino Horn (741 kg) 2,613 Seized Birds 215,037 Seized Marine Species 48 Seizures 42 Seizures 41 Seizures
“Substantial demand within China for wildlife, count. effective enforcement, China’s high seizure count good reporting, and high awareness of wildlife
contribute to China’s high seizure count.” Demand for Marine Species in Hong Kong along with a photo. Marine species and mammals in China
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DEMAND FOR MARINE SPECIES IN HONG KONG
Bird seizures in Central Asia Low seizure numbers in certain countries Falcon Smuggling & Corruption Prevalence of pangolin seizures
1 ASIA ORIGIN SEIZED BEFORE ARRIVAL
TRANSIT DESTINATION 200 200
SEIZED FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5 MISSED 150 UNKNOWN 150 KEY 100 100 KEY TRAFFICKING INSTANCE COUNT TRAFFICKING INSTANCE TRAFFICKING INSTANCE COUNT TRAFFICKING INSTANCE 50 50 0 0 China VietnamIndonesiaThailandMalaysiaIndia SingaporeLaos Japan TaiwanPhillippinesPakistanSouth KoreaKazakhstanSri Lanka China VietnamIndonesiaThailandMalaysiaIndia SingaporeLaos Japan TaiwanPhillippinesPakistanSouth KoreaKazakhstanSri Lanka
Some countries are primarily origin points Asia as a destination region Many countries feature as origin, transit, and destination points Indonesian Pig-Nosed Turtles and Insider Threat Tarsiers and Insider Threat Taiwan. India
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The
REPTILE TRAFFICKING IN INDIA
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Upon further
IN MUMBAI
ABANDONED BAGS
TURTLES & INSIDER THREAT
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THREATS TARSIERS TARSIERS & INSIDER
FIGURE 6
RHINO HORNIVORY 50 REPTILES
40 BIRDS MARINE PRODUCTSPANGOLIN MAMMALS 30 20 NUMBER OF SEIZURES
KEY mainland China.
10 0 Hong KongSuvarnabhumi AirportNoi Bai(CH) AirportKuala Airport Lumpur Guangzhou(TH) (VM) AirportShanghai BaiyunSoekarno (MY) Pudong AirportTan HattaAirport (CH)SonNinoy AirportNhat (CH) AquinoAirportXiamen (ID) Chennai Airport (VM)Gaoqi KunmingAirport (RP)Airport Hangzhou(CH) (IN)ChangsuiBejing Xiaoshan Airport CaptialSingapore (CH)Airport AirportTaiwan Changi (CH) Tianjin(CH)Taoyuan Airport Binhai Airport (SN) Airport (TW) (CH) reporting.
Pangolin seizures concentrated in Kuala Lumpur Airport
Pangolins & Malaysia in In Plane Sight for Dominance of Hong Kong Airport Demand for Marine Species in Hong Kong
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ORIGIN DEST.
2017
ORIGIN DEST.
2018
ORIGIN DEST.
ASIA Intra-Asian wildlife trafficking Clear flow of wildlife products from Africa to Asia
The
BIRD TRAFFICKING
THE HEALTH RISKS OF LIVE RISKS THE HEALTH
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0.4 % PRIVATE PLANE 42 % 6 % MAIL CHECKED LUGGAGE
13 % PASSENGER CLOTHING/ITEM
19 % UNKNOWN
20 % AIR FREIGHT
Appearance of mail
Rhino horn moved in checked luggage Small-scale ivory instances increasingly moved in passenger clothing/items
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IN BANGKOK
LIVE ANIMAL TRAFFICKING
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