Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand

Thailand’s undercover officers fight illegal wildlife trade

The Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit officers spend much of their time trawling social media, which is now 'the key channel' for buying and selling illegal animals.

Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand

"We even found living corals hidden in a ceiling," he told AFP. Nawee heads a raid unit in the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) that tries to stop the sale of everything from African elephant ivory to monkeys wanted as pets or for laboratory testing. Alongside weapons, drugs and human trafficking, the illegal wildlife trade is among the most widespread and profitable forms of organised crime globally, run by cr…