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More than three feet wide and with seven rows of razor-sharp, serrated teeth, the great white shark jaw makes a fearsome sight as it’s pulled from a sealed cardboard box by two uniformed officers.  The huge bone is the latest item seized by Border Force officials tasked with tackling the £17bn global illegal wildlife trade, and now takes its place alongside other grisly exhibits gathered inside a small, dinghy room at its outpost near Heathrow Airport – which MailOnline exclusively toured this week.  From multiple rows of shelves stare the glazed eyes of lions, tigers and polar bears, while a baboon’s severed head sits mounted inside a bell jar – the animal’s open-mouthed, somewhat playful expression making it appear disturbingly lifelike.  Elsewhere are miniature monkey skulls in glass boxes, stuffed birds of prey, a sliced dolphin brain set into glass, a narwhal tusk, and a crocodile with its hands clasped like a circus performer addressing a crowd. Even more unsettling are the remains of once majestic animals defiled into trinkets, including a lion’s paw clumsily turned into a bottle opener, a matchbox mounted on a leopard skull, a tankard wrapped in elephant skin, sea turtle shells converted into backpacks and all manner of coats, bags, rugs and shoes crafted from skin and fur.  The prevalence of fashion items points at the lucrative nature of this illicit market, with a high-end snakeskin bag or a shawl made from sought-after fur, like that of a Tibetan antelope, selling for as much as £30,000.  MailOnline was given an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at wildlife products that have been seized after entering the UK  Everything in the room has been seized by Border Force under Cites, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Items include a crocodile with its hands clasped like a circus performer addressing a crowd This 1975 treaty covers 35,000 animals and plants, some of which cannot be traded at all, while the rest require specific permits. Most items on display have been seized for lacking the paperwork to prove they have been obtained legally A baboon’s severed head sits mounted inside a bell jar – the animal’s open-mouthed, somewhat playful expression making it appear disturbingly lifelike Everything in this room has been seized by Border Force under Cites, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. This 1975 treaty covers 35,000 animals and plants, some of which cannot be traded at all, while the rest require specific permits.  Most items on display have been seized for lacking the paperwork to prove they have been obtained legally.   What is Cites? The worldwide Cites treaty came into force in 1975 and controls how more than 35,000 animals and plants are commercially traded.  It is split into three tiers, with the first consisting of species threatened with extinction like gorillas and rhinos that cannot be commercially traded at all.  The other two tiers consist of other endangered species which cannot be imported into Britain unless they come with a permit showing they are from an approved source.  Advertisement In the case of the great white shark jaw, this was intercepted at a parcel hub in Coventry after being mailed to an individual from Taiwan several months ago.  Wrongly listed as a blue shark or tiger shark – which are not covered by Cites – it was correctly identified by an expert and is now being held pending an appeal.  Border Force’s Cites squad operates from a brutalist office block at Heathrow but is also tasked with intercepting illegal wildlife products from around the UK. Several rare trees are covered by Cites, which is how His Majesty’s Government became the proud owner of a Union Jack embossed electric guitar bearing the signatures of Noel and Liam Gallagher.  This was seized because the protected wood in its fret board did not come with the required permit, and the instrument is now propped up next to the door alongside other displays featuring seized timber.  Our friendly and knowledgeable guide, Border Force higher officer Lee Grigg, 비닉스 파는곳 explained that Cites consists of three appendixes, with the first consisting of species threatened with extinction like gorillas and rhinos that cannot be commercially traded at all.  The other two include other endangered species which cannot be imported into Britain unless they come with a permit showing they are from an approved source.  Many of the exhibits seized by Border Force consist of quack remedies, ranging from freeze-dried crocodile blood – a supposed cure for asthma – to vials of bear bile, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat liver conditions.  Border Force higher officer Lee Grigg unwrapping a great white shark jaw that officers intercepted in Coventry  Mr Grigg is joined by Danny Hewitt, Border Force director. The Border Force Sites team operate from a nondescript office block by Heathrow Airport  The jaw measured than three feet wide and with seven rows of razor-sharp, serrated teeth A lion paw that had been crudely transformed into a bottle opener  Among the seized items was this monkey skull, which had been carved with elaborate patterns  Big cats featured prominently among the displays, vinix 구매 which are gathered inside a small room  Several rare trees are covered by Cites, which is how His Majesty’s Government became the proud owner of a Union Jack embossed electric guitar bearing the signatures of Noel and Liam Gallagher This was seized because the protected wood in its fret board did not come with the required permit, and the instrument is now propped up next to the door alongside other displays featuring seized timber. Pictured is a close up of the signatures  Also prominent in the displays were quack remedies. Pictured bottom left is a product made from black ants that was said to be ‘more effective than Viagra’   Freeze-dried crocodile blood is touted as a cure for asthma. This pot was seized by Border Force  Among the displays were a box of bird eggs smuggled into the country by former Rhodesian SAS member Jeffrey Lendrum, who was caught