Operation Thunder 2023: 2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Originally published by INTERPOL and WCO . Operation Thunder 2023: 2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation Endangered animals including elephants, rhinos and pangolins, as well as protected timber, particularly tropical hardwoods, have been seized in a joint INTERPOL - World Customs Organization (WCO) operation to stop wildlife and timber trafficking. From 2 – 27 October, customs and police officers coordinated some 500 arrests worldwide and more than 2,000 confiscations of animals and plants
Combating the illegal trade in big cats – 28 countries come together as part of CITES Big Cats Task Force
On 24 – 28 April 2023 the CITES Secretariat (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) convened a meeting of the CITES Big Cats Task Force in Entebbe, Uganda, to strengthen responses to the global illegal trade in big cats. Over 70 representatives from 28 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and representatives from the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), other international inter-governmental, Regional Wildlife Enforcement Networks and
Month-long transcontinental operation hit wildlife criminals hard
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Month-long transcontinental operation hit wildlife criminals hard The largest ever global operation results in 1,974 seizures and the identification of 1,400 suspects 1.3 tonnes of elephant ivory, 8 tonnes of pangolins scales, 4,000 birds and 27,000 reptiles among the specimens seized Geneva, 19 June 2018 – An international operation against the illegal trade in wild animals and plants including timber has seen hundreds ofseizures worldwide as well as
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