John retweeted
Breaking on pg1 of @fpjindia : TRAFFIC's latest research report says India is the destination for majority of Gibbons trafficked from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
Of the 33 seizure incidents involving 86 Gibbons from Jan 2024-August 2026, 18 were at Indian airports, mainly Chennai, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
10 Gibbons intercepted by Malaysian authorities and three by Thai were also destined for India.
Gibbons are hugely popular as exotic pets in India. The babies are caught in the wild after killing their parents.
@KrishnanShravan
Visa, Visa-fee waiver for Indians to South-East Asian countries coincide with gibbon-trafficking incidents, should be scrutinised by authorities.
Indian authorities need to educate the rich on why keeping these primates as pets is problematic.
TRAFFIC's report calls for greater collaboration between India and south-east Asian countries to curb this trade and calls for greater detection measures by airlines.
@TRAFFIC_WLTrade @vsudarshan
John retweeted
#KualaLumpur Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia (DOF) memandang serius laporan terkini Tabung Hidupan Liar Sedunia (WWF) Malaysia dan TRAFFIC Asia Tenggara yang menilai skala perdagangan produk yu dan pari dalam talian di Malaysia.
hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2025/…
John retweeted
On 02-06-2025 Officers of AIU Trichy airport on the basis of intelligence intercepted a passenger who arrived from KualaLumpur to Trichy by Flight no. OD223 and the examination of his checked in baggage resulted in the recovery of two Monitor Lizards. @cbic_india @cusprevtrichy
John retweeted
A traveller from Thailand has been given a two-year jail sentence in Hong Kong for smuggling 187 parrot eggs valued at an estimated HKcopy.4 million (6 million baht), with an expert saying the seizure is part of a global uptick of such cases involving endangered species.
Listen to the story or get the full story in the 1st comment.
Still more wildlife smuggling via air from Malaysia to India. Siamang (gibbons) in luggage yet again shorturl.at/TQwHg. How will Malaysia secure its skies against wildlife trafficking? shorturl.at/IpBoR #wildlifecrime
@nresmalaysia
@MOTMalaysia
ALT Photo of rescued Siamang via The New Indian Express
John retweeted
On 13.10.24, AIU, Chennai intercepted a Pax arrived from Kuala Lumpur & recovered 4 nos. of Siamang Gibbons and 52 nos. of Green lguana species from her baggage, which were seized under the CA'62 read with the Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972.The Pax and one receiver were arrested.
John retweeted
Our @pulitzercenter-funded project from 2022, Silent Forests, will be screened at an upcoming film festival in Singapore in Sentosa! Come by for the free screening and stay for the panel discussion #scicomm
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Again, #Malaysia?! Just wondering how 4,967 turtles smuggled in checked-in baggage from KLIA to Chennai could have been missed @MY_Airports @MOTMalaysia @CAA_Malaysia? This isn't a new method or route.
shorturl.at/6JFDo
#wildlife #turtles #trafficking #airports
John retweeted
🔎💵Follow the money!
#WildlifeCrime is intrinsically linked with money laundering. Equipping enforcement with financial investigation skills greatly expands their capacity to catch criminals and bring them to #justice.
👉 loom.ly/s2E8Wfg
@stateINL
John retweeted
Here we go! Introducing Wildlife Investigative Reporters & Editors (WIRE), a new journalism nonprofit from me, @rebersole, and @OlliePayneHere to make sure important stories about exploitation of nature and animals continue to be told. wireonline.org/
No end to crazy #wildlife smuggling via air between Southeast Asia and #India . This time 50 birds, many birds-of-paradise, 5 tarsiers and 1 cuscus - all found stuffed in luggage of 10 Indian nationals leaving Jakarta, #Indonesia for Mumbai and Bengaluru shorturl.at/Grb91
ALT ANTARA photo shows how live wild animals were hidden in luggage at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
ALT ANTARA photo shows some of the live wild animals hidden in luggage at Soekarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia
John retweeted
13 new charges for wildlife trafficking suspects
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2… thestar.com.my/news/nation/2…
John retweeted
Wildlife trafficking case shows need for more enforcement, says group thevibes.com/articles/news/1… #thevibes
John retweeted
For possessing a whopping 1K animal parts and snares, 15 charges laid against 3 Vietnamese & 1 Malaysian. They were caught near Taman Negara. The parts include 397 bear claws, leopard, pangolin, tiger, clouded leopard, serow, elephant. traffic.org/news/major-malay…
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#wildlifecrime
#News 15 charges have been laid against 4 people linked to 1,005 #wildlife parts seized near protected areas in #Malaysia.
Shows just how important it is to keep guarding forests and tracking the criminals emptying it: traffic.org/news/major-malay…
@kanithak_ @TRAFFIC_WLTrade
A staggering 397 bear claws were found during the seizure last year. Also parts of leopard, pangolin, tiger, clouded leopard, serow, Asian golden cat, and elephant: shorturl.at/Fnzgt and shorturl.at/Pm5ad
#wildlifecrime #Malaysia
ALT Photo of some of items seized in Kampung Sg Charu, Pahang, Malaysia in 2023
Still chaos this morning [20/7] at #KLIA2 due to #Crowdstrike #MicrosoftOutage AA counter staff walking down lines explaining to passengers. Really surprising airport and airlines haven't deployed more info staff, can't hear any general announcements, LED billboards not used.
Crowds n queues really built up in the 2 hours was in queue. People had been calm earlier but the shouting eventually started. Serious sprinting still going on through airport #KLIA2 #bluescreen #Crowdstrike #airasia #mahb @MOTMalaysia
Arrived with luggage [yey!] despite drama. A big thank you to the super patient #AirAsia check-in staff who took the trouble to walk down the line talking to passengers in queue, keeping things calm, all while dealing with the systems issues #KLIA2 #Crowdstrike #MicrosoftOutage
