Poaching: Latest Updates | The Cipher Brief

A Coordinated Effort to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

The intelligence community (IC), in coordination with government entities and private organizations, is working together to tackle a growing national [...] More

Role of the Private Sector

Nir Kalron, a former Israeli commando and the Chief Executive of Maisha Consulting Ltd., voiced concern over the poaching problem and explained that [...] More

Terrorism Finance and Wildlife Poaching

Last month, al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda affiliate based in the Horn of Africa, released a recruitment video showcasing its appetite for poaching. In the [...] More

A Very Real Problem

“I’m sorry, but I don’t care if Dumbo takes one to the head,” said one senior European law enforcement official to a colleague at an international [...] More

No Longer a Conservation Issue

Much has been written about the connection between the illegal ivory trade and the Somali al-Qaeda franchise, al-Shabaab. Some experts claim that a [...] More

Latest Stories

Poaching

A Coordinated Effort to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

Role of the Private Sector

Terrorism Finance and Wildlife Poaching

A Very Real Problem

The Latest

No Longer a Conservation Issue