Italy and the illegal red coral trade | DW Documentary

Red coral is as valuable as it is beautiful. Prices are soaring, and while that's good news for the legal red coral trade, the illegal trade is also cashing in. Red coral smuggling is booming, and nature is paying the price.
Red coral is a sought-after raw material for southern Italy's traditional jewellers. For centuries, the spectacular local 'coral riviera' has played an important role in the Mediterranean region - for the local economy and also for the ecosystem. But now it's not only under threat from climate change, poachers and criminal networks are making a fortune from the illegal red coral trade. A report by Jan-Philipp Scholz.
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[@morganjames4971]

Is there anything humans don't destroy on this planet....

[@halleykomet5288]

$

[@halleykomet5288]

@The European Bee like George Carlin waiting on that comet 🌠

[@critterjon4061]

The rich sadly

[@oneshothunter9877]

@@eclectiyan9704 Eventhough we just keep on growing in numbers. 8.000.000.000 this year.

[@stevenbasham]

Pure greed!

[@ruthslone2992]

Wow. I just realized that a hat pin that I inherited thirty years ago must be made of red coral! I had no idea what it was made of, just that it was an unusual shape and color. She traveled to Italy several times in the 60’s, so it makes sense now.

[@fra604]

The Tunisian city, Tabarca, was a Genovese city whose economy was almost completely based on coral trade. The Genovese people left in 1742 and permanently moved to Carloforte in Southern Sardinia and Nueva Tabarca off the coast of Valencia!

[@mihiec]

Really?

[@fra604]

@@mihiec Yeah, there's still Genovese ruins in the city to this day, near the coast! And those Genovese who lived for two centuries in Tabarca developed their own dialect of Genovese, losing the words for ice and snow for example. It's an interesting story!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

All I have got to say is - why??? Human vanity knows no limits.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Yeah, I hear you. And when the coral is gone the rest of the ocean and humanity is GONE.

[@donnapido3824]

Here in Eat Africa we respect the endangerment of the elephant by not designing our jewelry or anything else with ivory. It appears that European and North African designers are irresponsibly using red coral without regard to its precarious situation. Very nasty!

[@vickomen333]

true

[@IdahoFonz]

No you guys don't there's poachers all over east Africa. Poaching animals for their Ivory so stop lying saying all your people respect the endangered species act and the animals on it!

[@somerandomfella]

Without our demand there'd be no supply..

[@somaghosh2960]

A very good documentary on Coral trade by DW 👍.

[@dezafinado]

Oceans and seas are dying slowly with the Mediterranean leading the way. Rising water temp doesn't help either.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was a wonderful documentary coverage on coral trade . Shared by excellent DW documentary channel ... good luck and best wishes for the DW documentary channel.

[@wildgr33n]

i dont understand why 'industries' like this have to destroy wildlife when they could just grow/farm it themselves...........................................................................

[@psytcp]

They would have to wait 10s of years for these to grow so they take the ready ones instead.

[@imalrockme]

@@psytcp That's what happens with different types of wood.

[@raphk9599]

It doesn't count if it's easy to get. It has to be reserved for the rich, has to be rare, and there has to be suffering. That is what makes something precious.

[@timbucktoo99191]

We are really fucking this planet

[@johnetter7699]

Amazing to know red coral is not only precious in Japan, but also in the Mediterranean. Note: red coral is cut, polished, and then sculpted into figurines, especially in Okinawa, Japan.

[@vickomen333]

then polished after the sculpting

[@bellalabdelkader2017]

It feels great to turn a rock in form of tree branches into beautiful shapes and jewellery.

[@aj8099]

The older I get the more I realize there are only so many things I can get bothered and angry about. the illegal coral trade isn't one

[@Gigifrancetexas]

Wasn’t the ivory trade banned already? How is this any different?

[@artfx9]

Here is my solution: if somebody wants red coral, they have to come to the meditereanian and dive themselves or pay someone to dive for them. They can only take as much as they have payed and are allowed, similar to hunting tags. Coral are animals, so why not treat it this way?

[@arbaz79]

Very informative documentary 👍. I wasen't aware of red coral trade uptil now.

[@husha6372]

Some is being smuggled from the East African coastal region of MALINDI and Watamu Kenya

[@nishantaadi]

In India Coral are used as Astrological purpose such as planet Mars represent by Coral. Wearing coral can increase your blood flow, reduce stress, increase stamina and aggression and last give you brevity. But all things work if you have authentic coral which match your astro sign. I am also compatible with Coral and Mars.

[@pattytituana2795]

Interesante.. Y cómo saber si el coral coincide con mi signo astrologico?

[@nishantaadi]

@@pattytituana2795 English?

[@prehistoricpleb]

@@nishantaadipress the translate text

[@nishantaadi]

@@prehistoricpleb Yes but on her comment there is no translate button.

[@imamqorimukminin1124]

In indonesia we call marjan for red coral jewelry

[@thedude7319]

If you think that regulation will help, remember DW documentaries did a docu about palm oil and how they used slavery and still actually

[@francescobaraldi7433]

"We fight every day with illegal trades..with the help of Camorra we are able to do so".

[@thedude7319]

A lot of muslim countries have such hardworking individuals, they could be real powerhouses if only

[@Newton-sn3vo]

Crisp and clear info

[@ricknaughty1016]

That coral jewellery looks rubbish can't believe people pay for that garbage.

[@angdolmasherpa8334]

What about transection policy for a foreigner

[@rileyjdavies]

Ban it, like Ivory…

[@1.4142]

At the coral greedy humans are short sighted

[@nigelhoppie6360]

When they decided to use beavers for hats and coats they didn't realize the damage that they were doing to the environment

[@abood4477]

I’m confused 😮

[@driftlesshermit9731]

What's the difference between legal and illegal coral harvesting? Why not make it all illegal.

[@somerandomfella]

If the government gets their cut, anything is legal..

[@flyingcheff]

"On this occasion, they find no smuggled goods..." Uh huh, right. And I have a bridge to sell you. This DW Documentary - sigh...what a load. I'm sure the effort was made but they see you coming.

[@8innings]

Of all the parasites on the land and under the sea humans are the very worst

[@Clancydaenlightened]

2:21 not directly atleast...

[@rameshnaidu9986]

Good👍 ....vizag (INDIA)

[@amosicronery7730]

All because of money.

[@the.trollgubbe2642]

Never heard of this, never heard of coral jewelry

[@Derail07]

@0:23 Can you snort it? Then NO

[@belmont8792]

Fish and chips.

[@videoventure4942]

😲😲

[@gregcarbonimaestri]

Why do you never talk about German problems instead of being so obsessed about Italy? Like all the dirty money Deutsche bank cleans every year: go ask informations about this to german government and see if they want to answer your questions... Italy is the 3rd safest country in the world this year after Norway and Switzerland, why don’t you talk about this?

[@vitorhugo2331]

Why you are so mad? Go eat pasta man.

[@dollyschwall8537]

That's their lively hood ..Why people are catching fish then ...save Planet earth. .But over fishing is not good ...Only Limited amount can collect.

[@KathayatKarnali]

Hi

[@lockethomas7165]

No matter what DW are documenting on, they always without a doubt manage to slip in the words- Climate change' and global warming' it is bizzare.

[@starcrib]

One day soon - you will - or your descendants will freeze or burn to death.

[@TheStockwell]

Yeah - it's truly bizarre that catastrophic climate change and the warming of the world's oceans are happening - and DW Documentary reports on it. Crazy! 🤔

[@DIYsober]

They did not slip in either one of the two in this documentary..

[@DeptofCultivation]

Stick to fossilised coral instead people

[@villageyoutube3413]

Sir please give me a red coral

[@johneckerd1750]

Bronze here

[@Nataleena]

Corals are so ugly and outdated, aren't its? Jewelry, I mean. Thanks DW for interesting video.

[@aileenukara6598]

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🙂

[@hnsrikanta5232]

First Viewer!!!

[@proculusjulius7035]

Congratulations.

[@TheStockwell]

You sad, insignificant person. 😢

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You got the gold medal I got the bronze

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What did you win?

[@mihiec]

​@@johneckerd1750 congratulations

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I'm the silver 😆

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[@lulupang5874]

Wwoww I didn't know this Topic something interesting I admit ♥️♥️♥️♥️.

[@starcrib]

Have so much of it from grandmother- huge collection- and deep deep red colors. 🟥🪸🟥 Italy is insane- Lawlessness.