Kanitha Krishnasamy

A senior Customs officer, accused of illegally disposing of seized pangolin scales, charged with dishonest misappropriation of property, was granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) - Investigation was led by Malaysia’s Anticorruption agency traffic.org/news/surprisin…

1. A big win against illegal wildlife trade! Courts have ruled that anyone caught illegally with the most threatened protected wildlife be fined a minimum of RM150,000 PER PART of that wildlife, according to the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (the “Act”). 🧵

👏🦈 Congratulations to Hong Kong SAR on this seizure and conviction! loom.ly/N17nJoA Identifying #shark species from just their fins is a huge challenge for #lawenforcement. But our 3D-printed replica shark fins simplify the task: loom.ly/CFvPLLM @arcadiafund

Exposing #Corruption with #DataLeaks 🔎 Join investigative journalists John Dell'Osso & Daniela Castro as they reveal how data leaks help uncover illicit activities & money trails. 🗓️ Sept 12 ⏰ 3pm UK time ➡️ Sign up here: loom.ly/AJTsrYw @USAIDEnviro

#Malaysia has seen some of the world’s largest seizures of ivory, rhino horn and pangolin scales. Last week, we brought together key players to strategise, share knowledge, and strengthen the country's defenses against #wildlifecrime! 👉 loom.ly/50d7Qvw @StateINL

Bangladesh - a top importer of CITES Appendix I and II listed birds for the #pettrade - has been suspended from trading live birds with @CITES Parties, since Nov 2023. To end the ban, #Bangladesh must prove they can adequately monitor and regulate trade. loom.ly/O1pNOdM

🚨 Five days left to apply for the Director of #Policy role! You must be experienced working in global #environmental policy with strong diplomatic skills. Don't miss this rare opportunity to make lasting change in biodiversity and trade policy! ➡️ loom.ly/x2w-baY

🔎💵Follow the money! #WildlifeCrime is intrinsically linked with money laundering. Equipping enforcement with financial investigation skills greatly expands their capacity to catch criminals and bring them to #justice. 👉 loom.ly/s2E8Wfg @stateINL

On 17 August, come meet us at Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden, Universiti Malaya! Happy to be part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. We'll have a booth from 9.30am-5pm, then at 3pm, we'll talk about how we do our journalism, in talks curated by Sunda Shelves. #MacarangaInTheFlesh

Here we go! Introducing Wildlife Investigative Reporters & Editors (WIRE), a new journalism nonprofit from me, @rebersole, and @OlliePayneHere to make sure important stories about exploitation of nature and animals continue to be told. wireonline.org

No end to crazy #wildlife smuggling via air between Southeast Asia and #India . This time 50 birds, many birds-of-paradise, 5 tarsiers and 1 cuscus - all found stuffed in luggage of 10 Indian nationals leaving Jakarta, #Indonesia for Mumbai and Bengaluru shorturl.at/Grb91

Committed to end wildlife crime! On intelligence inputs of WCCB, one piece of elephant #ivory (Total Weight- 2.080 kg) was seized in joint #operation conducted by #WCCB and Tamil Nadu #Forest Department at Oochikulam village, #Kalakkad on 19-06-2024.

NEW RESEARCH ON #INTERNATIONALTIGERDAY 🐅 In our recent survey of city residents in Viet Nam, almost 45% self-reported using tiger products, mostly tiger bone glue. Learn more about this and what we're doing to help tigers. 👉loom.ly/303BMuE @UKBCFs

#Tigers facing new threats from evolving consumer demand - surge in tiger bone glue’s popularity in #Vietnam may be due to influx of #lion bones, exported from #SouthAfrica, as traffickers often launder lion bones as tiger loom.ly/bsotCNA #illegalwildlifetrade

Even as their court case over land rights isn’t yet settled, Orang Asli villagers in Pos Lanai face a new enemy - rare earth mining. Already, their rivers, their source of water, are polluted from logging and farming. newslab.malaysiakini.com/pos-lanai-rare… #OrangAsli #customaryland #rareearths

For possessing a whopping 1K animal parts and snares, 15 charges laid against 3 Vietnamese & 1 Malaysian. They were caught near Taman Negara. The parts include 397 bear claws, leopard, pangolin, tiger, clouded leopard, serow, elephant. traffic.org/news/major-mal… 1/ #wildlifecrime

Over 1,000 wildlife parts including bear, tiger and leopard were seized from 4 people last year, not far from Malaysia’s premier #TamanNegara. Now, 15 charges have been laid on them. Many more incidences within a 30km radius of TamanNegara since 2019 traffic.org/news/major-mal…

A national #park and surrounding #forests near the seizure site are among the last remaining havens of the Critically Endangered Malayan #tiger and more. At least 28 known #wild animal seizure incidents recorded in a 30 km radius of the park 2019-2024: shorturl.at/Fnzgt

#News 15 charges have been laid against 4 people linked to 1,005 #wildlife parts seized near protected areas in #Malaysia. Shows just how important it is to keep guarding forests and tracking the criminals emptying it: traffic.org/news/major-mal… @kanithak_ @TRAFFIC_WLTrade

@Saket_Badola @ntca_india @moefcc @CentralIfs Congrats!!

#CareerUpdate Taken over as Director, Corbett Tiger Reserve. 🙏🏻 @ntca_india @moefcc @CentralIfs