Successful operation highlights growing international cooperation to combat wildlife crime
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Successful operation highlights growing international cooperation to combat wildlife crime Geneva, 18 June 2015 - The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) welcomed today the results achieved during Operation COBRA III, an international law enforcement operation conducted in May 2015 with the aim of combating wildlife crime and bringing the criminals involved to justice. Operation COBRA III resulted in 139 arrests and more than 247 seizures
CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at the ICCWC high-level side event at the 13th UN Crime Congress - Doha, Qatar
Wildlife and Forest Crime: A Serious Crime A High-level Side Event at the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Opening remarks by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES Doha, Qatar, 13 April 2015 Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69 th Session of the UNGA Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC Distinguished panelists and delegates On 3 March, the date of the adoption of CITES, we celebrated UN World Wildlife Day for the second time under the
Calls for wildlife and forest crime to be treated as serious crime
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Calls for wildlife and forest crime to be treated as serious crime ICCWC high-level event at the 13th UN Crime Congress calls on States to recognize wildlife and forest crime as a serious transnational organized crime Doha, Qatar 13 April 2015 – Poaching and illicit trafficking of wild fauna and flora have a significant impact on species and entire ecosystems, local communities and their livelihoods, national economies
World Wildlife Day 2015 – It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE World Wildlife Day 2015 – It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime Organized Crime Threat to Wild Species on the Increase, Says UN on Wildlife Day UN General Assembly Marks the Day with Special Session Geneva, Nairobi, New York, Vienna, 3 March 2015 – The Second World Wildlife Day, themed “It’s time to get serious about wildlife crime” is being observed around the world, Tuesday. On this
Ministers further enhance international cooperation to combat rhinoceros poaching and illegal trade in rhinoceros horn
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Ministers further enhance international cooperation to combat rhinoceros poaching and illegal trade in rhinoceros horn Geneva, 16 February– Further enhancing international cooperation to combat rhinoceros poaching and the associated illegal trade in rhinoceros horn was in focus in Geneva last week, with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat hosting Ministerial-level and Senior Officials meetings for key States concerned with
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