GI-TOC’s report exposes the growing use of digital platforms for wildlife trafficking, analysing 24,000+ online adverts across 67 platforms, with case studies from South Asia and Cameroon

The report includes case studies on the illicit trade in musk deer products in South Asia and ostrich products in Cameroon, demonstrating how traffickers exploit legal loopholes, misleading product descriptions and online marketplaces to evade detection. It calls for stronger online monitoring, greater international cooperation and improved use of intelligence and technology to disrupt wildlife trafficking…