Illicit Trade

Russia’s Wagner Group linked to US$2.5B in illicit gold trading – report  The Northern Miner

Wagner Group linked to $2.5 billion in illicit gold trading — report  MINING.com

Russian war machine funded by illicit gold trading, WGC report states  Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly

FTT for reforms to save agricultural economy  Associated Press of Pakistan

Illegal goods worth K547.04 million seized in nationwide crackdown in two days  Global New Light of Myanmar

US investigation leads to return of Madagascar fossils  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom

How supply chains fuel transnational conflict in the Middle East  Chatham House

ICE, Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration pledge to work together to protect cultural property  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom

Labour won’t stop illegal immigration by smashing trafficking gangs  Daily Mail

Transnational Organized Crime  ClearIAS

Israel, Hezbollah war disrupts Syria’s lucrative Captagon trade  The Jerusalem Post

Govt’s strategy to eliminate illicit alcohol sector concern: SALBA  SABC News

NIA chargesheets Mizoram resident for arms trafficking in Manipur and Northeast  India Today NE

Bihar’s alcohol ban resulted in its illegal trafficking: Patna HC  OpIndia

What is transnational organized crime?  un.org

Comment | EU’s new anti-looting law is another blow for legitimate trade  Art Newspaper

State’s Alcohol Ban Led To Illegal Liquor Trade; Police, Excise, Tax, Transport Dept Officials Love The…  Live Law – Indian Legal News

Illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K604M on 13 Nov  ပြန်ကြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန

Illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K604M on 13 Nov  Global New Light of Myanmar

Argentina, US, UNODC Consolidate Efforts to Confront Illicit Synthetic Drug Trafficking  Diálogo Americas

ICOM & the fight against the traffic of cultural goods: between tradition and innovation  ICOM

220 archaeological artifacts returned to Mexico  gob.mx

U.S. Embassy to return artifacts from UNESCO-listed Ban Chiang Archaeological Site to Thailand  UNESCO

Illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth about K2.2B on 12 Nov  ပြန်ကြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန

International Day Against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property/ Officials Stress Need for Efforts to Recover Smuggled Antiquities  qna.org.qa

NTA cites the role of media against tobacco illicit trade  Department of Agriculture

Undercover operation targets illicit vapes and tobacco in Leeds  Talking Retail

Illicit Trade Hurts PTC’s Sales  Tobacco Reporter

Finance Ministry applauds impact of DTS as URA, BAT strike deal against illicit trade  Independent

In smoke and shadows  The News International

Tackling organized crime’s top secret: B.C.’s contraband market  Castanet.net

Annual illegal trade report  CITES

ActionSA details #Spaza4Locals strategy to combat foreign ownership and illicit trade in township spaza shops  MSN

Operation Eagle: How Delhi Police Disrupted An Illegal Arms Syndicate  Oneindia

Illegal drugs and socio-economic changes in a new pivotal region: a court judgements perspective  Nature.com

15 illegal narco-trafficking airstrips found near Peru Indigenous communities  Mongabay.com

Chop chop crackdown: Illegal tobacco sellers to face up to 15 years in prison  The Age

ActionSA details #Spaza4Locals strategy to combat foreign ownership and illicit trade in township spaza shops  IOL

Conscientious participation of people contributes to combatting illegal trade  Global New Light of Myanmar

ActionSA Drives #Spaza4Locals Revolution: Empowering Township Economies, Protecting Local Jobs and Crushing Illicit Trade  ActionSA

Flora / Southern Africa conservationists battle evolving illegal plant trade  ENACT Africa

Illegal trade crackdown seizes goods worth K366M on 7 Nov  Global New Light of Myanmar

Yemen Signs International Treaty Denouncing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Artifacts  ARTnews

Myanmar junta continues crackdown on illicit trading  Mizzima

On Cusp of Climate Negotiations, European Union to axe Successful Forest Trade Treaties with African Nations  3news

PTC concerned over increasing trade of illicit cigarettes; 11.26% decline in sales  Mashriq TV

Crackdown launched against smuggling for Pakistan’s stable economy  Samaa TV

Ant-Human trafficking and anti-smuggling operations  NewsLine Philippines

PTC concerned over increasing trade of illicit cigarettes; 11.26% decline in sales  Associated Press of Pakistan

South Sudan calls for regional efforts to combat illicit smuggling of minerals  Daijiworld.com

OSCE continues to strengthen Moldova’s ability to combat illicit trafficking, with a focus on small arms and light weapons  OSCE

Illegal trade crackdown nets K854M in two days  ပြန်ကြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန

Tobacco stores firebombed in Adelaide as organised crime networks battle to control illicit trade  MSN

Illegal Drug Trade Poses ‘Significant’ Risk To Public Health: HC  Kashmir Observer

Global South governments standing up to Big Tobacco’s rampant illicit trade interference  NigerianEye

Treasury targets networks facilitating illicit trade and UAV transfers on behalf of Iranian military | China | Global law firm  Norton Rose Fulbright

Assam Police Foil Cattle Smuggling Operation, Arrest Seven  NorthEast Today

Combating Transnational Illicit Tobacco Trade and Boosting Economic Growth  The Financial Express

exchange on strategic trade corridors  UNODC

Tobacco stores firebombed in Adelaide as organised crime networks battle to control illicit trade  MSN

Combating Transnational Illicit Tobacco Trade and Boosting Economic Growth  The Financial Express

Tobacco stores firebombed in Adelaide as organised crime networks battle to control illicit trade  MSN

Tobacco stores firebombed in Adelaide as organised crime networks battle to control illicit trade  ABC News

PMI Reinforces its Commitment to Eradicate Illicit Tobacco Trade in India  The Hans India

Let’s Get a Reward for Reporting Illegal Trade  Global New Light of Myanmar

PM Implicates Embassies In Illicit Financial Activity, Accuses Businesses Of Smuggling  The Reporter Ethiopia

PM Implicates Embassies In Illicit Financial Activity, Accuses Businesses Of Smuggling  The Reporter Ethiopia

County Durham shop ordered to close as £10k of illegal vapes and tobacco seized  Yahoo News UK

Illicit Market Thriving After Flavor Ban: ITCAN  Tobacco Reporter

Introducing TimberStats: a novel tool to root out illegal timber trade – Wildlife Trade News from TRAFFIC  TRAFFIC – Wildlife Trade News

Illegal Owl trade surges amid Diwali festivities, with prices soaring to Rs 50,000—but why? Read on to fi  The Times of India

Let’s Fight Against Illegal Trade to Develop the Country’s Economy  Global New Light of Myanmar

Training on Preventing and Combating Illegal Trade in Art, Cultural Goods and Archaeological Artifacts concluded in Mostar  OSCE

The art market: A victim of its own success  UNESCO

Using advances in AI to combat illegal timber trade  The Washington Post

China’s plans to trace wildlife trade risks inflaming trafficking, critics warn  Mongabay.com

Assam: Excise department intensifies crackdown on illicit liquor trade in Sonitpur, distilleries dismantled  India Today NE

Assam: Crackdown on illegal liquor trade turns Violent as sellers assault police team in Digboi  India Today NE

These Giant, Vest-Wearing Sniffer Rats Could Help Combat the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Scientists Say  Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers have a new tool to fight illegal wildlife trading – giant rats!  The Independent

‘People collect spiders like Pokemon’: Why the illegal tarantula trade is booming  BBC.com

Giant African rats join crackdown against illegal wildlife trade  Financial Times

SA Leads Way On Tackling Illicit Tobacco And Vape Trade  Mirage News

Alcohol warning for South Africa  BusinessTech

Council Decision (EU) 2024/2780 on the position to be taken on behalf of the EU on Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, published in OJ  EU Law Live

Giant rats could soon fight illegal wildlife trade by sniffing out elephant tusk and rhino horn  Frontiers

Lumagui: BIR raids another large-scale Illicit Cigarette Factory in Cabanatuan with 636M Tax Liability  Journal Online

Customs working against illicit goods trade  TT Newsday

Sales of illicit tobacco used to fund organized crime, while shorting government millions  Castanet.net

South African authorities sound alarm over widespread abalone poaching  SeafoodSource

PTR DFO issues alert on Owl trafficking ahead of Diwali  The Times of India

Combatting illicit trade with tailored, multilayered brand protection strategies  World Trademark Review

Lumagui: BIR Raids Large-Scale Illicit Cigarette Factory and Warehouse in Cebu with ₱107M Tax Liability  Journal Online

Pakistan Announces New Crackdown on Illicit Trade  Tobacco Reporter

Arrests of those involved in illicit trade made almost daily  The Fiji Times

Illegal trade crackdown seizes goods valued at over K518M  ပြန်ကြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန

Federal government facing calls to lower tax on cigarettes to curb black market  MSN

Tobacco agency pushes stronger law enforcement to combat illicit trade  manilastandard.net

Federal government facing calls to lower tax on cigarettes to curb black market  MSN

Kenya intercepts 7,500 litres of illicit ethanol smuggled from Uganda  Kampala Dispatch