CAWT partners seek to address the growing threats to wildlife from poaching and illegal trade, working individually and jointly toward achieving the Coalition's goals, with each partner acting where it can contribute most effectively. The CAWT organisation is not directly involved in any enforcement activities.

The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) aims to focus public and political attention and resources on ending the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products

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Monday
Nov302009

New strategy to combat global wildlife crime

Smuggled wildlife products seized in Italy: international co-operation is key to tackling such crime Click photo to enlarge © Marco Fiori, Corpo Forestale dello Stato   VIENNA, Austria, November 2009— Representatives from the secretariats of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), INTERPOL, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) held their first-ever joint meeting in Vienna to design a strategy intended to prevent and combat the illegal trade in wild animals and plants.

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Monday
Nov162009

Spider man caught

One of the 900 tarantulas found in a passenger's luggage in Brazil Click photo to enlarge © Comunicaciones Polic a Federal HANDOUTEPA   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2009—Police in Brazil have arrested a passenger at Rio de Janeiro airport with 900 live spiders in his luggage.

The 26 year-old man had arrived on a flight from Paraguay and was on his way to the UK, where he runs a pet shop in London.

He now faces a fine of BRL1.3 million reais (USD760,000) or up to a year in jail.

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Friday
Oct302009

Experts call for urgent action to save wild Tigers

Poaching Tigers for their body parts is rapidly driving the species to extinction Click photo to enlarge / Julia Ng / TRAFFIC   Kathmandu, Nepal, 30 October 2009–More than 250 experts, scientists and government delegates from Tiger range States and elsewhere have called for immediate action to save wild Tigers, citing the urgent need for increased protection against Tiger poaching and trafficking in Tiger parts.

Organizers of the week-long Global Tiger Workshop in Kathmandu stated in closing remarks that “without immediate, urgent, and transformative actions, wild Tigers will disappear forever.”

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Friday
Oct302009

Live coral seized at Manchester airport, UK

Corals are notoriously difficult to identify accurately to species Click photo to enlarge Frédéric Monnet / WWF-Canon   Manchester, UK, 27 October 2009—UK Border Force officers have seized two pieces of live coral after Agency officers found it was not accompanied by the appropriate documentation.

The coral pieces were part of a larger, legitimate consignment of aquatic specimens imported into the UK by air from Australia.

They were imported without the appropriate import and export permits required under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES).

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