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Stacks of elephant tusks in a warehouse in Zimbabwe
Image: Tsvangirayi Mukwazh/picture alliance/AP

Wildlife trade and trafficking

The illegal trade of wildlife, worth roughly $19 billion (€17 billion) each year, is the world's fourth largest illegal international trade - after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking.

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