An overview of seizures of CITES-listed wildlife in the European Union

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An overview of seizures of CITES-listed wildlife in the European Union

31 March 2020
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A new TRAFFIC report provides an overview of all CITES-related seizures reported by Member States of the European Union (EU) for the twelve-month period January to December 2018 inclusive.
This briefing aims to provide an overview of all CITES-related seizures reported by Member States of the European Union (EU) for the twelve-month period January to December 2018 inclusive.

This briefing is based on all seizures reported by EU Member States having taken place both at EU external borders (airports, maritime ports, land boundaries and postal centers) and inside the EU (i.e. not at the external borders).

The quantitative analysis of these seizures and examples of seizures are based on seizure records submitted in the 2018 Annual Illegal Trade Reports (including information on prosecutions) submitted to the EU-TWIX database by EU Member States. In 2018, a total of 27 EU Member States provided data on seizures which occurred in 2018.