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title: "AML Conversations: Wildlife Trafficking"
description: Environmental Crime and the need for a more cohesive approach. Wildlife trafficking continues to enable the facilitation of illicit funds and is the “soft underbelly of organized crime.” Our panel discusses this global problem and what can be done to address what is a “low risk, high reward” crime.
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# [AML Conversations: Wildlife Trafficking](https://www.amlrightsource.com/resources/wildlife-trafficking)

 Written by [AML RightSource](https://www.amlrightsource.com/resources/author/aml-rightsource) | September 22, 2021

In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne, Debra LaPrevotte, and Dr. Louise Shelley discuss environmental crime and the need for a more cohesive approach. Wildlife trafficking continues to enable the facilitation of illicit funds and is the “soft underbelly of organized crime.” Our panel discusses this global problem and what can be done to address what is a “low risk, high reward” crime.  

 

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