WITH its abundance of flora and fauna, Southeast Asia region has become a global hotspot for the illegal wildlife trade, according to wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic Southeast Asia.
Traffic senior communications officer Elizabeth Lisa John said that the region had become a place for smugglers and poachers to acquire rare species.
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