Eastern and Southern Africa Anti Money Laundering Group
A Special Typologies Project Report on Poaching and Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Wildlife Products and Associated Money Laundering in the ESAAMLG Region
- Tanzania Eastern and Southern Africa Anti Money Laundering Group 2016
- 131p.
This typology report primarily looks at the poaching, trafficking and the proceeds thereof (illegal trade), in the ESAAMLG member countries and Africa as a secondary part of the scope. Given the significant demand for wildlife and wildlife products harvested in member countries, it is clear that there are significant financial flows associated with these crimes. Such financial flows constitute proceeds of crime, and thus fall within the ambit of money laundering, and to a certain extend these financial flows may in one way or the other be used to support terrorist financing activities in Central Africa. The study further found that a number of vulnerabilities in wildlife crime combatting frameworks across the various member countries are exploited by syndicates committing these crimes.
