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Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. Ginebra, 2 de julio de 2013 – La Secretaría de la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES) acoge con satisfacción la Orden Ejecutiva sobre la Lucha contra el Tráfico de Especies Silvestres promulgada por el Presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, el 1 de julio de 2013. La Orden Ejecutiva aborda su respuesta nacional e internacional al

Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. Bangkok, 5 de marzo de 2013 – Los responsables ejecutivos de un consorcio para combatir los delitos contra la vida silvestre se reunieron en los márgenes de la reunión trienal de la Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES). Funcionarios superiores de la Secretaría CITES, la INTERPOL, la Oficina de las Naciones

In response to the need to take new approaches to combat the illegal trade more effectively, the International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), at the request of Sri Lanka, deployed its first Wildlife Incident Support Teams (WIST). The WIST was aimed at collecting DNA samples from 359 elephant tusks that were seized by Sri Lanka Customs authorities in the port of Colombo and was in response to a Decision adopted by the Conference of the Parties to CITES at

El Consorcio Internacional para combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre (ICCWC) convocó a las Redes de Observancia y Aplicación de la Normativa de Vida Silvestre del mundo por primera vez con ocasión de la Conferencia de las Partes en la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES) en marzo de 2013 en Bangkok (Tailandia). La Primera reunión mundial de Redes de Observancia y Aplicación de la Normativa de Vida Silvestre (WEN), a

For use of the media only; not an official document. Vienna , 23 April 2013 – At the current Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the heads of two United Nations bodies called on countries to recognize wildlife and forest crimes as a serious form of organized crime and strengthen penalties against criminal syndicates and networks profiting from such illegal trade. Following a side-event at the CCPCJ on this issue, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations

Cutting-edge training in investigation techniques has been delivered to wildlife law enforcement officials across Asia, helping them in their battle to halt transnational organized wildlife and forest crime. Over the past few years, there have been a number of successful seizures and arrests of wildlife traffickers at airports, seaports and border crossings in Asia, Africa and other regions of the world. These typically result from risk analysis or actionable intelligence of an individual traveling with illegal wildlife such as ivory

Wildlife and forest crime is increasingly organised and is demanding a more determined and coordinated enforcement response. The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) will host two major events at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES to be held from 3 to 14 March in Bangkok, Thailand. ICCWC will convene a roundtable on combating transnational organized wildlife and forest crime for Ministers and high-level representatives, to

A group photo of the participants to the workshop (click to enlarge) Organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO), under the auspices of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), the first international workshop on Establishing a Network of Controlled Delivery Units for Forest and Wildlife Law Enforcement ended on 9 December, after three days of deliberation. Controlled deliveries have long been a tool for investigating drug and tobacco smuggling but their use in wildlife smuggling is more recent

During its meeting in Vienna, from 11-15 April 2011, the United Nations’ Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted a Resolution on “Crime prevention and criminal justice responses against illicit trafficking in endangered species of wild fauna and flora” which was proposed by Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and the Philippines. Organized criminal networks are known to be involved in the poaching of rhinoceroses, as one example of illicit trafficking in endangered species. The Resolution ( full text attached)

ICCWC begins its work The Senior Experts Group of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) met last week at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. Opened by Mr Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC, the meeting provided an opportunity for specialized staff of the five partner agencies to plan ICCWC activities in the short and mid-term. Experts agreed to develop a comprehensive programme of work. This programme will exploit the expertise of