Ivory, rhinos and organized criminals: the world responds. Wildlife trafficking is an immense and growing criminal industry.

That moves more than 20 billion dollars a year in the world, with impunity. An elephant is killed every 15 minutes for its ivory. Every day, two rhinos, for their horn. Organized criminal groups against wildlife operate on such an industrial scale that threatened species such as elephants and rhinos must be under armed surveillance 24 hours a day. There is a clear international law framework that should serve as a deterrent and sanctioning response.