Unreported World

Peru's Monkey Business (2017x1)

Air date: Mar 17, 2017

Animal trafficking has seen an unprecedented spike in recent years, threatening dozens of species with extinction. Reporter Ade Adepitan travels to the remote city of Iquitos, Peru, where undercover filming reveals the scale and brazen nature of backstreet dealers and market traders selling protected wildlife for bush meat and the international trade - both illegal practices, yet seemingly ignored by the local police