Why the ant-smuggling trade is booming – and why we should care - ANALYSIS: Organised crime groups have moved from smuggling ...

Three men were arrested on Japan’s Amami Islands after being caught with thousands of protected hermit crabs stuffed into suitcases.

Four men were recently arrested and fined for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Aiming to sell them as ...

Three Chinese nationals were arrested on a holiday Island of Japan after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found smuggled in suitcases, CNN reported on Saturday. The Tribune, now published ...

The unusual case underscores what Kenyan officials say is a trend in wildlife smuggling, which has often ... been found hidden in snack packs from Japan; live bits of coral are more and more ...

This unusual case highlights an important yet overlooked aspect of wildlife trafficking.     Wildlife trafficking is a crime against nature which occurs mainly because of consumer demand. Trafficking ...