Enhancing Enforcement to End Tiger Trade in South East Asia
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £303,001
WHERE Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, China
Summary
The project will map transnational criminal networks and leverage the growing international engagement with government agencies in Lao PDR and neighbouring countries, mobilising an effective enforcement response against trafficking and selling wild and captive bred tiger parts and products in and through Lao PDR. The project will generate information to facilitate intelligence-led enforcement, disseminate it to national and regional law enforcement agencies and key international influencers. Public reports of findings will further galvanise awareness and action.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
