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Analysis of IWT in China from 2017-2021exploring a financial approach to combatting wildlife trafficking in China

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Published 1 May 2024

Wild species crime and money laundering often go hand-in-hand. A report “Analysis of Trafficking of Protected Wildlife and Their Products in China from 2017 to 2021” released by TRAFFIC today found that, according to the open-source platform China Judgements Online, over 500 defendants were sentenced for trafficking animal and plant species in China between 2017-2021.

Improving criminal investigations in China: combine wildlife crime and money-laundering investigations

Report author(s):
Hsun-Wen CHOU, Yong PENG, Wentao LI

Publication date:
May 2024


Notes:

1 Seven predicate offences of money laundering in China’s Criminal Law include drug crimes, gangland organized crimes, terrorist crimes, smuggling crimes, corruption and bribery crimes, crimes that disrupt financial management order, and financial fraud crimes.

2 This report was supported by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).


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