Online Wildlife Trade is being ‘Rolled Back,’ but Challenges Remain

Online Wildlife Trade is being ‘Rolled Back,’ but Challenges Remain

A lot of wildlife trafficking in Malaysia takes place in the laissez-faire milieu of the cyber world, where traffickers have taken to hugely popular social media platforms like Facebook to buy and sell protected and endangered species in wanton abandon. Yet if Fakhrul Hatta Musa, deputy director of Wildlife and National Parks Department…

Keeping an Eye on Online Traffickers

Keeping an Eye on Online Traffickers

Back in the day (a few years ago) wildlife traffickers operated largely in the shadows. No more. Thanks to the immense popularity of social media, they have come out into the open in order to peddle endangered species on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp and LINE. By doing so, they can…