Taking Off synthesizes publicly available information to identify trends of wildlife trafficking in the air transport sector within Latin America and the Caribbean. Using these analyses, it makes key recommendations on how different stakeholders, including airports, airlines, enforcement authorities and governments, can counter wildlife trafficking in the LAC region.
Tráfico de vida silvestre en América Latina y el Caribe.
Shared Skies contains new research, carried out by C4ADS, exploring the overlap of methods and routes used in wildlife trafficking and other illicit smuggling crimes such as drugs and weapons. Using this analysis, it gives recommendations to aviation and enforcement agencies on how to strengthen mitigation of wildlife trafficking and the wider spectrum of transnational crime.
The report Animal Smuggling in Air Transport and Preventing Zoonotic Spillover, produced by C4ADS as part of the USAID Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES) Partnership, details the financial impact of zoonotic diseases on the aviation industry, methods for identifying high-zoonotic-risk trafficking, and recommendations to help prevent the spread of future outbreaks.
Runway to Extinction examines the trends, transit routes, and trafficking methods used by wildlife smugglers exploiting the aviation industry in six world regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Presentation from the ROUTES Runway to Extinction report
Report from the ROUTES Partnership and C4ADS, In Plane Sight: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector, analyzes wildlife seizures in the air transport sector between 2009-2017. The report reveals the widespread exploitation of the air transport sector by wildlife trafficking networks and presents more than a dozen data-based recommendations for preventing wildlife trafficking through the air transport industry.
The summary document for the 2018 ROUTES Partnership and C4ADS report "In Plane Sight: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector" which analyzes ivory, rhino horn, reptile, bird, pangolin, mammals, and marine product seizures in the air transport sector. The report reveals the widespread exploitation of the air transport sector by wildlife trafficking networks and presents data-based recommendations for preventing wildlife trafficking through the air transport industry.
Presentation from the C4ADS authors of In Plane Sight, Mary Utermohlen and Patrick Baine.
Five-page executive summary for the ROUTES Partnership and C4ADS report "Flying Under the Radar: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector" which analyzes ivory, rhino horn, reptile and bird seizures in the air transport sector. The report reveals the widespread exploitation of the air transport sector by wildlife trafficking networks and presents more than a dozen data-based recommendations for preventing wildlife trafficking through the air transport industry.
