Sentences with phrase «illegal trade continues»

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These raids prove that South Korea will continue to be strict on cryptocurrency platforms and exchanges which do not comply with laws, or are doing something illegal such as money laundering or insider trading.

And as long as there is a form of legal ivory trade, conservationists fear the illegal elephant ivory trade will continue.

The bill passed last fall, closing loopholes that had allowed the illegal trade to continue.

The bird does not breed well in captivity, so an ongoing (and illegal) trade in smuggled birds for the pet trade continues to threaten the wild population — a fact that would - be owners should consider.

ARM has investigated 45 Illegal horse slaughter cases throughout the State of Florida in 2012 and is continuing its efforts to break down the Black Market horse meat trade industry and its connections.

Throughout 2016, ARM has continued its undercover investigations of the Black Market Horse Meat Trade where horses are illegally and cruelly slaughtered for human consumption and several illegal horse slaughter houses were raided and arrests were made to the criminals involved.

I think the Mexican government is quite discouraged by putting a lot of money and effort into enforcement but not enough to stop fishermen illegally setting gill nets at night with continued high prices for illegal wildlife trade with China.»

By facilitating the continued trade of illegal ivory and animal parts, eBay remains a tacit participant in this illicit activity to which thousand of elephants fall victim each year.

WWF must make membership of the scheme conditional on companies following sustainable, ethical and legal practices and prohibit any company from participating if it continues to destroy natural forest, trade in illegal timber, or is involved in human rights abuses.

He claimed the Japanese demand for ivory would continue unchanged and illegal trade would escalate out of control — a theory utterly disproved in the two years after the ivory ban was agreed later that year.

LaBudde continued to expose other forms of wildlife slaughter, including the illegal killing of walrus in Alaska for the ivory trade.

What's really the unnecessary toll on Costa Rica's reputation here, the very curiously timed and executed arrest of Paul Watson or the continued illegal shark fin trade (which only exists because of government corruption at some level) that Watson and Sea Shepherd put themselves in harms way to prevent?

«While the issue of whether sales should be allowed to proceed or not has dominated much of the discussions here in Qatar, WWF and TRAFFIC believe the key driving force behind the ongoing elephant poaching is the continued existence of illegal domestic ivory markets across parts of Africa and Asia,» said Steven Broad, executive director of TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN.

But while wildlife officials in Africa continue to do their part to keep poachers at bay, U.S. federal agents have begun to dismantel important elements of the illegal trade of wildlife elsewhere.

The World Trade Organization's Appellate Body ruled Tuesday that the European Union continued providing illegal subsidies to aircraft giant Airbus in defiance of an earlier WTO ruling, opening the door for the U.S. to retaliate and closing the book on a long and winding 14 - year legal saga.

The decision to delist the exchange is due to the regulation tightening in China, where a few days ago the authorities called ICOs illegal financial activity and warned the trading platforms might face a possible closure if they continue to support trading operations with tokens issued within ICOs.

If the trading account is frozen, the exchange can no longer continue its operations, otherwise it is easy to involve illegal fund - raising, money - laundering and other criminal activities.

While the majority of the ministries continue to support cryptocurrency activities, the South Korean government is doing its best to prevent illegal trading proceedings.

«The government's basic rule is to prevent any illegal acts or uncertainties regarding cryptocurrency trade, while eagerly nurturing blockchain technology,» Hong announced, continuing:

«The customs office added that it would continue to monitor the use of cryptocurrencies in cases like illegal currency trading or money laundering,» Reuters explained.

«Among other breaches,» the report continued, «Customs said there were also cases where investors in Japan sent their yen worth 53.7 billion won to their partners in South Korea for illegal currency trade.»