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Hong Kong Customs and Excise have made their first major maritime smuggling bust for 2021, with more than HK$4 million worth of illicit wildlife products being seized. According to authorities, the contraband was destined for Shekou, Guangdong, and included dried shark fins and seahorses, likely to be derived from endangered species.
Courtesy of Marco Poon
Read MoreThree Chinese internet companies have joined the fight to combat against the illegal wildlife trade. The pledge is part of a mission to raise awareness for online wildlife crimes by developing new technology to counter the sale of wildlife via the internet.
Courtesy of Arial Ng.
Read MoreThe Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department have made the year’s biggest seizure of pangolin scales, finding 1000 kg of the contraband (estimated to have come from 50,000 pangolins) along with 13kg of dried snake gall bladders in a shipping container from Indonesia.
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