Dark trade on social media


Photo: 360info/JULIEN/Flickr/CC

DURING a recent exploration of TikTok, I came across an account blatantly selling various wildlife species.

The sellers openly shared phone numbers for contact, making it disturbingly easy for anyone to engage in these illegal transactions.

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