CAWT partners seek to address the growing threats to wildlife from poaching and illegal trade, working individually and jointly toward achieving the Coalition's goals, with each partner acting where it can contribute most effectively.
The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) aims to focus public and political attention and resources on ending the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 13 August 2010—the Cambodian government will further its commitment to combating illegal wildlife trade by today launching the Cambodian Wildlife Enforcement Network Co-ordination Unit (CWCU).
The CWCU will be led by Cambodia’s Forestry Administration and link national and international agencies involved in policing the wildlife trade.
July 2010—A Vietnamese national who attempted to smuggle rhino horn out of South Africa has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Zhong Whong, who works as a security guard in Vietnam, was found guilty in Kempton Park Magistrate's Court in South Africa of fraud and breaking the Biodiversity Act.
July 2010—Thai customs officers have seized 765 kg of African Elephant ivory at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport, according to media reports circulating from 16 July.
The seizure was said to be labeled as furniture and plastic folders and concealed in a shipment sent from Kenya to Bangkok.
July 2010—For the second time in just over a month hundreds of Critically Endangered tortoises from Madagascar have been seized by wildlife enforcement officers in Malaysia.
On 14 July, Malaysian Customs Department officers arrested two women in whose bags more than 370 tortoises, 47 Tomato Frogs and several chameleons were hidden.