The illegal trade in wildlife, animals and other endangered speicies in the East Asia and the Pacific region is estimated to be valued at $2.5 Billion a year, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The ilegal trade in marine wildlife in the region is valued at $850 Million a year.
(Price list of endangered animals.)
Source: “Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment,” UNODC, April 2013, Executive Summary, page viii.