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57 Smuggling in India Report 2024-25
Overview
With 2.4% of the world’s landmass, red sanders, pangolin scales, elephant
India is home to nearly 8% of known tusks, tiger and leopard skins, turtles
species of flora and fauna. The coun- etc. but also a transit hub for exotic
try’s rich biodiversity is under con- species such as pit vipers, corn snake
stant threat from the illegal trade in and fig parrots from Southeast Asia.
wildlife, flora and fauna. The UNODC The seizures made by DRI and Cus-
World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 toms in FY 2024–25 reveal the scale,
estimates the annual global illegal diversity, and changing modus
trade in wildlife at $20 billion, impact- operandi of wildlife traffickers.
ing over 4,000 species. India is not
only a source country for items such as
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