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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… 53 8 A High-Profit, Low-Risk Activity … environmental crime appears to be characterized by:  A high-profit, low-risk nature: the opportunities for large … Crime Working Group Meeting in Glasgow;  Project Clean Seas (since 2002): this initiative of the Pollution Crime …
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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… the environment, etc.) D6 Release into a water body except seas/oceans D7 Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed … products may raise health and safety concerns, and some high-value products, such as sturgeon caviar, may be highly … activity. Criminal networks and syndicates, motivated by high profits and low risks, have established an international …
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In Transition: Bangkok's Ivory Market

… observed since Thailand’s legislative reform. A monthly high of 7421 ivory products was recorded in December 2014, … average of 17 shops sold ivory over the 18-month period. A high of 28% (or 47 shops) in December 2014 and a low of 3% … the number of shops selling ivory, the survey data shows a high of 7421 ivory products in December 2014 and a low of 283 …
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Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue

… and growing evidence from, inter alia, EUROPOL8 that the high profits, relatively low punishments and low risk of … of such groups to armed militia groups in Africa.11,12 High levels of poaching also impact on other areas, such as … strategy specific to rhinos. The issue has also received high-level political attention, with the March 2014 London …
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National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking

… to profit from trading in poached wildlife. Record high demand for wildlife products, coupled with inadequate … in contraband as long as the potential profits remain so high. We must enlist individual consumers in our country and … ivory and rhino horn across Africa. We assess with high confidence that traffickers use sophisticated networks …
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Outcome of court trials in the first two years of implementation of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013 - Courtroom Monitoring Report 2014/2015

… and seizures. Two more cases were brought against high-level traffickers in 2015. However, by the end of 2015, none of these cases had been concluded. To date no high-level trafficker has been convicted and sentenced by … of accused persons. The report highlights a number of high-profile cases that illustrate continuing causes of …
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Principles of phytosanitary legislation

… contentious issues in trade negotiations. The stakes are high here, because the volume of world trade in services is … and phytosanitary difficulties in virtually every area of high value horticulture, packaged fruits or vegetables alike. … Vol. I, 47. The regulation of driftnet fishing on the high seas: 1978 (E/F/S) legal issues, 1991 (E F) 16. Seed …
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