A Pivotal Player
Vietnam's ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade
In the first analysis of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic, EIA’s offices in the United States and United Kingdom uncover how Vietnam continues to be exploited by international organized crime networks to smuggle illegal wildlife products between Africa and Asia.
A Pivotal Player provides updated analysis of elephant ivory, pangolin scale, and rhino horn trafficking implicating Vietnam. The report also describes the cross-border illegal wildlife trade dynamics between Vietnam and China, with a particular focus on routes, payment arrangements, and concealment methods used by criminals to transport a range of illegal wildlife products between the two countries.
Vietnam may be the center of this web of international trafficking operations, but it cannot solve this problem alone. Successfully ending Vietnam’s infamous status as a major wildlife trafficking hub will require reducing corruption and implementing comprehensive systemic reforms, both within and beyond its borders.
