At the Organisation for Economic Development’s (OECD) fifth task force meeting on countering illicit trade, which took place in Paris on Tuesday 28 March, Emma McClarkin MEP (ECR, United Kingdom) called for future trade deals to include anti-corruption measures to stem money-laundering and crime relating to illegal trade in wildlife.
"Illegal wildlife trading is not just an environmental crime. Within the illicit trade pyramid, it is fourth only to drugs, people and firearms. It is...