News Forum - Smuggled wildlife goods pouring out of India

[Thaiger]

The porous borders between Bangladesh, China, India Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand plus a growing private aviation market make fighting wildlife smuggling close to impossible, according ThePrint. Emergence of cryptocurrencies has also led to an increase in all kinds of illegal trade. Some of the most smuggled wildlife goods out of India passing through Thailand are red sanders, ambergris, seahorses and elephant tusks. In India, red sanders grow in the southern tropical dry deciduous forest. The number of seizures across the country and abroad shows that red sanders continues to be smuggled out of India in large quantities, primarily by sea. […]

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[Poolie]

The scatter gun approach. Aim at no-one but make sure someone gets hit. What on earth is the point of this article? I suspect Mr Whitman is stealing a wage.

[kalyan]

an never ending problem, in fact it is hidden so deep and runs in tunnels very fast !

[Poolie]

Like sewage? Yes, I see what you mean..............