trafficking

Experts say this is a common method, often with the guns transported in multiple shipments of small quantities, a process named "ant trafficking".

The law introduced a new defence for victims of slavery and trafficking who had been forced to break the law.

As Combs' trial approached, the government updated its case to add new victims, and fresh charges that he threatened to punish employees who did not assist in his alleged two-decade sex trafficking scheme.

Without directly attributing blame for the attacks, he said the French government was "facing up to the problem of drug trafficking" and taking measures that would "profoundly disrupt" criminal networks.

The case showed a "disturbing shift in trafficking patterns - from iconic mammals to lesser-known species that are vital to ecological balance", the KWS said.