CITES CoP 17 Johannesburg 2016

[Royal27]

"It could offer criminal syndicates new avenues to launder poached ivory."

This made me roll my eyes.

I guess all diamond trade should be stopped too, in order to eliminate any blood diamond trade. Don't want to give them a legal way to sell after all.

 

[Pheroze]

This made me roll my eyes.

I guess all diamond trade should be stopped too, in order to eliminate any blood diamond trade. Don't want to give them a legal way to sell after all.

The subtext to all the restrictions is that African governments cannot be trusted, or are incapable, of policing.