US CBP agriculture specialists intercept rare Chief Goliath beetles being smuggled to Germany
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists seized three live Chief Goliath beetles on Aug. 19 in Philadelphia that were
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Wildlife Trafficking
Benin and Nigeria catch smugglers in first-of-its-kind geospatial intelligence-led Customs operation
The World Customs Organization (WCO), through the WCO–JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project and in partnership with the Customs
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US CBP officers intercept parrots in wildlife smuggling attempt
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Gateway to the Americas Bridge recently intercepted
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A criminal group dedicated to the illegal trafficking of exotic species has been dismantled in Seville
The Spanish Civil Guard, as part of Operation “ZMIJA”, has arrested two people and investigated eight others for their alleged
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A monkey and 125 pounds of prohibited meat intercepted by US CBP Agriculture Specialists in Chicago
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport intercepted two significant, prohibited commodities on April 11.
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The Spanish Civil Guard and the French National Gendarmerie dismantle an illegal eel trafficking network
The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the illegal trafficking of European eels, a protected and
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Various parts of protected animals from Africa were seized in Spain
The Spanish Civil Guard has seized numerous specimens of protected species originating from Africa. The material was confiscated while being
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15 pangolins seized in a suitcase at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport
Spanish Civil Guard officers have seized 15 dead pangolins from a suitcase that arrived on a flight from Addis Ababa,
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US CBP officers intercepted parrots in an alleged wildlife smuggling attempt
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge recently intercepted three live parrots
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30,000 live animals seized in global operation against wildlife and forestry crime
A global operation against the illegal trafficking of wild fauna and flora has led to the seizure of nearly 30,000
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The Spanish Civil Guard leads an international operation against elver trafficking
The Spanish Civil Guard has presented the results of its latest operations against poaching and illegal trafficking of the European
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116 tortoises returned to Tanzania in landmark wildlife trafficking investigation
More than two years after a Ukrainian woman was stopped at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport during an INTERPOL operation with 116 baby tortoises
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More than 800 kilos of illegally caught elvers seized
The Central Operational Environmental Unit (UCOMA) of the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with
Read moreUS CBP officers disrupt suspected wildlife smuggling attempt at Otay Mesa Port of Entry
US CBP officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry discovered 5 parrots concealed in the truck bed of a
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The Spanish Civil Guard seizes 421 protected specimens in an operation against wildlife trafficking
The Nature Protection Service of the Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITERD),
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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
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Illegal wildlife trade has become one of the ‘world’s largest criminal activities’
Environmental and wildlife crime has become one of the world’s largest and most profitable crime sectors and continues to grow
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The Spanish Civil Guard detains 77 people in the fight against the illegal trafficking of wild species and protected wood
The Spanish Civil Guard has developed the so-called Operation THUNDER 2022, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Ecological Transition
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