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Hanoi, September 6, 2023 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released the Prosecution Review: Wildlife Trafficking Cases in Vietnam 2022, a reviewof the performance of Vietnam’s criminal justice system in dealing with wildlife trafficking cases in 2022. The results are based on the evaluation of the 156 criminal wildlife trafficking cases which were …

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Hanoi, August 10, 2023 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) has released the CWT (combatting wildlife trafficking) Responsiveness and Performance Report 2022, an independent evaluation of the performance of law enforcement agencies in dealing with publicly reported wildlife crime in Vietnam. Launched in 2009 by ENV, the CWT Responsiveness and Performance Ranking System was developed …

Combatting Wildlife Trafficking Responsiveness and Performance Report in 2022 Read More »

A subject in Hanoi was sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to traffic rhino horn through Noi Bai Airport. This was a landmark case, being the longest prison sentence ever handed out in Vietnam for such crimes. Do Minh Toan made falsified digital signatures to avoid custom checks whilst bringing in the 55 …

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On October 26, 2021, three Asiatic black bears were transferred from a bear farm in Long An province to Cat Tien Bear Rescue Center! For years ENV has been communicating directly with this bear owner in efforts to convince him to give up his bears. These efforts included phone calls, postcards, brochures of the bear …

Second to Last Bear Farm in Long An Province Shut Down Read More »

ENV has secured the first-ever confiscation of a caracal from Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade! Caracals are medium-sized carnivorous wild cats indigenous to central Asia and Africa. This caracal was being kept as an illegal exotic “pet” in Hanoi when it was reported to ENV. The case began when the ENV Wildlife Crime Hotline was contacted …

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Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) is thrilled to share our latest ENV newsletter: Wildlife Watch, September 2021 Edition. This publication contains ENV’s September activities and achievements from each of our departments combatting Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade through a wide array of strategies. ENV’s newsletter, Wildlife Watch, will continue to be updated and shared regularly to keep …

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ZHUHAI: Police in this province in South China’s Guangdong region have recently uncovered an animal trafficking scheme involving 8 tons of pangolin scales worth 400 million yuan ($62 million), China Central Television reported. The number of killed pangolins is estimated to be 16,000, taking into account that the scales of one pangolin weigh about 0.5 …

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ENV congratulates Nghe An provincial government and law enforcement authorities on their most recent successes against tiger trafficking criminals in the province. On August 1, 2021, Nghe An Environment Police stopped a vehicle and discovered 7 live tiger cubs being illegally trafficked, resulting in 2 subjects arrested who stated they were hired by an unidentified …

A major breakthrough in combatting illegal tiger trafficking in Nghe An Read More »