Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI)
Cheating the System: Where Permits Come as Freely as the Wildlife
28 Sep, 2021
Urgent action is needed to modernise the operation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to prevent the systematic ‘laundering’ of threatened species such as cheetahs. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) published in September 2021 a stark reminder of…