Mongla: ‘the Wildlife Trafficking Capital of the World’

14 October 2016
The Irrawaddy
Animals / Biodiversity
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) / Wildlife Witness / Myanmar / Mongla / Shan State (East)

Mongla lies on the border of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China and Shan State in northeastern Burma. Situated in the heart of the Golden Triangle, the city is known among other sad epithets as the wildlife trafficking capital of the world and for drugs, gambling, and prostitution.

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