Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangolin species are globally banned by the convention on International Trade in
Online. Some are in demand as exotic pets. Others are sold for their body parts, such as ivory for souvenirs, snake skin for the fashion industry, or fins and scales for use in traditional medicine. The trade in protected species is illegal, but very lucrative. Every year, the business turns over an estimated 20 billion. Organized along mafialike lines, wildlife crcrime has grn into one of the worlds biggest illicit trades, after narcotics, arms sales, and human trafficking. One shy creature is particularly valuable on the market, the pangolin, the only mammal with scales. That is what makes this anteater so valuable, even though its scales are made of keratin, just like fingernails or hair. One kilo of pangolin scales is worth 1000 on the black market. In asia, especially in china and vietnam, pangolin scales are used in traditional medicine. The animals meat is also a soughtafter delicacy. The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world, even though sales of all eight pangoli
Hearjames kings take on this, and the rest of the weeks cinema releases, in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Security Company gas has suspended nine workers at an Immigration Removal Centre near gatwick airport, for allegedly abusing detainees. And another who now works for the home office it follows an investigation by the bbcs Panorama Programme, claiming officers mocked, and assaulted people. Its claimed there was widespread self harm and attempted suicides at the centre, and that drug use was rife. Gas says its aware of the allegations and immediately began an investigation. Those suspended include a female nurse, six detention custody officers, and two managers. Alison holt has more. Brook house Immigration Removal Centre sits a couple of hundred metres from the runway at gatwick airport. Its run by the Global Security firm gas. Here Foreign National prisoners facing deportation at the end of their sentence are detained alongside asylum seekers, Illegal M