The Rise of Environmental Crime: A Growing Threat to Natural Resources, Peace, Development and Security

Pangolin, the world’s most tra cked mammal

C HINA

I NDIA

L AO

M YANMAR

V IETNAM

Myanmar, a new hub for pangolin tra cking to China

P HILIPPINES

T HAILAND

M ALAYSIA

I NDIA (Assam)

C HINA

I NDONESIA

Pangolin tra cking

Main smuggling routes Main country of origin Transit country Main destination

M YANMAR

L AO

Pangolin seizures, 2010-2015 Individuals or kilograms of scales

4 200

1 000

T HAILAND

100

Road Sea or river Air Not speci ed

Con scation site Main roads used for tra cking

Sources: Environmental investigation Agency, 2015; Nijman, V., et al., Pangolin trade in the Mong La wildlife market and the role of Myanmar in the smuggling of pangolins into China, 2016

Figure 5: Far over a million pangolins have been killed and trafficked in the last decade, making it one of the World’s most targeted animals for the illegal wildlife trade. In 2015, Vietnamese customs officers trained by the UNODC-WCO CCP (Container Control Programme) seized 1,023 kg elephant ivory and around 4,000 kg of pangolin scales.

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