Targeting Profit: Non-Conviction Based Forfeiture in Environmental Crime

Money is at the heart of environmental crimes that exploit wildlife, forests, fisheries or other natural resources. These transnational crimes generate significant profits, estimated at USD 7-23 billion annually for wildlife crime alone, and are mostly “serious, organized crime on an industrial scale driven by the profit motive”. Wildlife traffickers rely heavily on bribery of officials, including rangers, customs, agents, prosecutors, and judges, as well as complex fraud and tax evasion.

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