This is the hidden connection between smuggling and climate change

Jan 20, 2020

Trailers are queued for border customs control at Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC2AHE9MA4TJ

'Customs jobs are complex and there are much more obvious targets such as drugs, arms and exotic animals.' Image: REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Daniel Martinez-Valle

Chief Executive Officer, Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV

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