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New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

  • Written by Eve Bohnett, Assistant Research Scholar, Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, University of Florida
imageA baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025.Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife...

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