Geneva, 29 September 2015: CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon today attended the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) Global Sustainable Aviation Summit 2015 held in Geneva. The event represents the entire air transport industry and combines high-level political discussions and technical breakout sessions.
Mr Scanlon spoke and exchanged views with air transport leaders on the 'Air transport's role in reducing illegal trade in wildlife'. This follows his address to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) AGM in Miami in June of this year.
We live in an interconnected world – and there are today over:
- 1.1 billion international tourist arrivals a year;
- 100,000 flights every day; and
- 500 million containers shipped a year.
"Transnational organized crime groups are exploiting these legitimate forms of transport to move their contraband. Illegal rhino horn and pangolin scales are often transported by air. Raw illegal elephant ivory is being largely transported by sea, whilst most illegally traded worked ivory appears to be transported by air.
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