Wildlife and Forest Crime

PROFAUNA Indonesia censured the absurdly low sentence given to Basuki Ongko Raharjo, an international wildlife dealer. 

Customs of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport foiled a smuggling attempt of pangolin scales worth IDR 2.1 billion.

Around 40% of traded wildlife species die during the process, started from distressing capture, meager transportation, tight cages, and insufficient food

PROFAUNA urges the government to issue a regulation prohibiting wildlife transport by ships, without official permit from related authorities.

Police of Tanjung Perak Resort, Surabaya, foiled a smuggling attempt of parrot, which were stuffed into medium sized plastic bottles, from a passenger ship in Tanjung Perak seaport.

The Natural Resource Conservation Agency of West Java confiscated illegally traded sea turtle hatchlings from Muara Market, Bandung (4/3/2015)