Stop Wildlife Traffickers Using Our City
This Wednesday, 18 August 2021, is a big day for Hong Kong.
Lawmakers will be meeting to vote on a bill that could finally see wildlife crimes elevated and treated as the organised and serious crimes that they are. The amendments will give authorities the power to go after the criminal syndicates and masterminds behind the illegal trade of wildlife. This is a major development in the global campaign to #ENDWILDILFECRIME’.
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Hong Kong is and remains a wildlife smuggling hub, with organised criminal networks exploiting gaps in the city’s laws. In the last three years, Hong Kong authorities have seized over 927 metric tonnes of wildlife valued at over HK$358 million.
Hong Kong’s recent record breaking seizures include:
15 MT Shark Fin = 38,500 Thresher/Silky Sharks (2020)
8.3 MT Pangolin Scales seized with 2.1 MT Ivory = 13,800 pangolins / 200 elephants.
82 kg Rhino Horn = 31 Black Rhino / 14 White Rhinos (2019)
7.2 MT Ivory = 1,690 Elephants (2017)
1,005 MT Malagasy Rosewood (2015).
