Uncovering a secret slaughter: Suriname's jaguar trade exposed
Date of Publication
2018 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Transnational Organized Crime
Keywords
Transnational Organized Crime, srhreports, transnationalorganizedcrime, country-suriname, jaguar trade, transnational organized crime, China, middleman, financial middleman, illegal trade
Description
"Jaguars are being cruelly killed in Suriname, South America primarily to fuel a trade in their body pars for traditional Asian medicine. A 10-month World Animal Protection investigation uncovered this illegal trade. It occurs mostly around the country's mining and loggin sites that are mainly under Chinese ownership."
Report Location
Uncovering a secret slaughter: Suriname's jaguar trade exposed
"Jaguars are being cruelly killed in Suriname, South America primarily to fuel a trade in their body pars for traditional Asian medicine. A 10-month World Animal Protection investigation uncovered this illegal trade. It occurs mostly around the country's mining and loggin sites that are mainly under Chinese ownership."
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