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The last decade has seen a spike in illegal wildlife trafficking globally. Despite increased efforts to protect animals, the traffickers are still winning – conservation efforts alone will not be enough.

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If historical trends continue the African Elephant could be extinct in the next 10 years1

600,000

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pangolins are harvested annually from forests in central Africa, making itthe world’s most illegallytraded animal22.7 M tigers exist in the wild. There are more held in captivity in the United States, including in backyards33,890

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This isn’t just a conservation issue.

HIGHLY LUCRATIVE FOR CRIMINAL NETWORKS

10X 200X4th Ivory price Rhino horns mark-up price mark-up between between Most profitable slaughter in slaughter in Africa and Africa and criminal trafficking sale in South- sale in South-enterprise5

East Asia6 East Asia6

African species

SOURCING TRANSPORT CONSUMER (local and international)

Poachers Wholesalers, factories, Middlemen, corruptand hunters retailers and buyers officials, couriers and freight businesses

THERE’S A HUGE HUMAN COST

Linked to the Fuels Undermines Impoverishes illegal drugs corruption the rule of law communities and arms trades

We need to pursue the finances and the criminal networks

By following the money financial institutions can…

Build a better picture of the finances behind the trade

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Provide evidence to support investigations and prosecutions

But there is far more to be done

Percentage of the key 11% countries involved in the trade that conducted any financial investigationinto wildlife crimes7

Percentage of the key countries involved in the trade that conducted 26% investigations into the wider criminal network7

Now the financial sector is coming together to use the power of financialintelligence to turn the tide

WildliUnited for

fe Financial 20+ Taskforce financial institutions

To make a difference, Taskforce members are committing to...

Deliver conservation Prioritise the issue Better utilise existing intelligence to the heart within member partnerships among of thefinancial system institutions and use law enforcement,

their expertise in financial institutions, fighting financial crime regulators and NGOs

to unearth connections

But this alone will not be enough, we need to work with others to…

Reduce the demand for illegal wildlife to destroy the market

Increase the seizure of illegal goods and illicit financial assets

123 Help bring traffickers

to justice and advocate for appropriate punishment

Sources

1 The Elephant Census, 20172 Assessing Africa-Wide Pangolin Exploitation by Scaling Local Data, Conservation Letters, June 2017 3 Global Impacts of the Illegal Wildlife Trade, The Costs of Crime, Insecurity and Institutional Erosion, Chatham House, February 2014 4 The Thin Green Line Foundation, 2018 5 United Nations Environment Programme, The Environmental Crime Crisis, 2014 6 G lobal Impacts of the Illegal Wildlife Trade, The Costs of Crime, Insecurity and Institutional Erosion, Chatham House, February 2014 7 Enhancing the Detection, Investigation and Disruption of Illicit Financial Flows from Wildlife Crime, UNODC, 2017

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