A recently released Wildlife Trafficking 2021 report considers Mozambique and Brazil to be "a major source of wildlife trafficking products, and consumer of animal trafficking products."

"Wildlife trafficking remains a serious transnational crime that threatens security, economic prosperity, the rule of law, conservation efforts and health, states the latest report from the U.S. State Department.

According to the report, the situation is, however, worse in the so-called group of "countries of concern," comprising Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo Madagascar, Nigeria, Cambodia, and Laos, where there are reasons to indicate that the respective "Governments actively engage in or knowingly profit from trafficking in endangered or threatened species." The study points out, however, that not "all parties" to the Executives concerned "are or have been involved in wildlife trafficking."

In addition to these countries, the list also includes China, Mexico, and, in Africa, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.