Guardian: The value of the black market industry behind crimes such as ivory smuggling, illegal logging and toxic waste dumping has jumped by 26% since 2014 to between $91bn (62bn) and $258bn, according to an assessment by the UN and Interpol.
Environmental crime is now the worlds fourth largest illicit enterprise after drug smuggling, counterfeiting and human trafficking and has outstripped the illegal trade in small arms.
The impact on the natural world has been devastating in some cases. More than...