Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay@mastodon.green has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/19/how-wildlife-traffickers-are-using-coded-language-to-sell-protected-animals-on-facebook/?utm_source=mastodon
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Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators, and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? http:// bellingcat.com/donate/ Buy our book "We Are Bellingcat" here: http:// bit.ly/2EP09EN Our award-winning podcast series: http:// apple.co/36LJURI
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