[Coral-List] how sea cucumbers became gold for organized crime

[Douglas Fenner]

'Aphrodisiac' of the ocean: how sea cucumbers became gold for organized
crime

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/sea-cucumbers-organised-crime-smuggling-aphrodisiac-biodiversity-sri-lanka-india

Do the importing countries bear any responsibility??
How do you reduce or ban a practice that is so popular??

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA