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Combating illegal wildlife trade: Banks take up the challenge
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Banks to use existing anti-money laundering architecture to clamp down on illegal wildlife trade, which up until now has been largely ignored as a financial crime. Valued at around $23-billion US, illegal wildlife trade is the fourth most profitable criminal trafficking enterprise worldwide.