Wildlife Justice Commission 128d ago

In 2019, pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked from Africa to Asia in extraordinary quantities. Then in 2020, triggered by the global shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, pangolin scale and ivory seizures plummeted and have remained comparatively low in the years since. The report Disruption and Disarray presents an updated analysis of ivory and pangolin scale trafficking trends over the past decade, comparing the pre-pandemic period from 2015-2019 with the post-pandemic period from 2020-2024. It is based on reported seizure data, open-source research, and criminal intelligence and investigation findings from the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). Read the report here: https://wildlifejustice.org/publications/disruption-and-disarray-an-analysis-of-pangolin-scale-and-ivory-trafficking-2015-2024/