{"id":126976,"date":"2023-04-26T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=126976"},"modified":"2023-04-26T11:56:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T10:56:02","slug":"criminal-networks-behind-illegal-jaguar-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publicatie\/criminal-networks-behind-illegal-jaguar-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: the criminal networks behind illegal jaguar trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International criminal networks are responsible for the illegal jaguar trade from Suriname. The criminals involved in the illegal trade of  jaguar products are often also involved in other criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, money laundering and human smuggling. As part of &#8216;Operation Jaguar&#8217;, our project partner <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/earthleagueinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth League International<\/a> (ELI) investigated these criminal networks in multiple South American countries, including Suriname.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Header photo: Jaguar by Svetlana Foote via Getty Images Canva <\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>All across Latin America, jaguars (<em>Panthera onca<\/em>) are being seriously threatened by poaching and trafficking. It impacts not only the jaguars themselves, but also the ecosystems they belong to, the local communities concerned, and, finally, environmental policy and regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>In the report <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Unveiling-the-criminal-networks-behind-jaguar-trafficking-in-Suriname_ELI_IUCN-NL-final.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Unveiling-the-criminal-networks-behind-jaguar-trafficking-in-Suriname_ELI_IUCN-NL-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Unveiling the criminal networks behind jaguar trafficking in Suriname<\/a>, we identify 75 individuals involved in the illegal trade jaguar products, of which 20 from Suriname. The research also discovered that Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands is an important transit port, as well as a final destination for many illegal animal products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Unveiling-the-criminal-networks-behind-jaguar-trafficking-in-Suriname_ELI_IUCN-NL-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Operation Jaguar<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Jaguar poaching in South America is increasing due to demand for the fangs, bones and other parts of the animal\u2019s body. 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