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For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Global arrests and seizures: WCO-INTERPOL Operation Thunder 2021 strikes wildlife and timber trafficking networks 30 November 2021 - A worldwide enforcement operation against wildlife and timber crime coordinated by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and INTERPOL has disrupted crime networks and seen hundreds of arrests worldwide. Codenamed Thunder 2021, the month-long (1-31 October) operation involved Customs, Police, financial intelligence units and wildlife and forestry enforcement agencies in 118

For use of the media only; not an official document. Comunicado de prensa: Consorcio Internacional para Combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre – Informe Anual 2020 – Juntos contra los delitos hacia la vida silvestre El Consorcio Internacional para Combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre ( ICCWC ) ha publicado su informe anual sobre el año 2020, titulado Juntos contra los delitos hacia la vida silvestre. En el informe se pone de relieve cómo las alianzas entre el

Únicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA La operación transcontinental de un mes de duración golpea duramente a los autores de delitos contra la fauna y la flora silvestres La mayor operación mundial jamás emprendida ha resultado en 1.974 confiscaciones y la identificación de 1.400 sospechosos Entre los especímenes confiscados cabe citar 1,3 toneladas de marfil de elefante, 8 toneladas de escamas de pangolín, 4.000 aves y 27.000 reptiles

Ginebra / Maputo, 7 de mayo de 2018 - Más de 60 representantes de 24 países de África, Asia, Europa y América del Norte, y de organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales, se reunieron en Maputo (Mozambique), del 1 al 4 de mayo de 2018, para estudiar la elaboración y la aplicación de Planes de acción nacionales para el marfil (PANM) . Según la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES), algunas de sus

JOINT PRESS RELEASE Fight against wildlife crime gets a USD20 million boost Geneva 29 November – At an event held alongside the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69), the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) announced generous new funding of USD20 million to scale up the fight against illegal wildlife trade. The significant new funding will be provided by the European Union (EU) (EUR 13,500,000), Germany (EUR 400,000) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Links between corruption and wildlife crime highlighted at UN anti-corruption conference VIENNA, 6 November 2017 — The Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) spearheaded a number of events at the 7thsession of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC CoSP7, Vienna

Plenary: Remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption Vienna, 6-10 November 2017 Thank you President and thank you for giving CITES the opportunity to address today’s Plenary session, which is a first for the Convention. I would also like to express our sincere thanks to Executive Director Yury Fedotov and his good team for their extraordinary support for CITES and the fight against wildlife

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES welcomes powerful new UN resolution on tackling illicit wildlife trafficking UN General Assembly concludes its 71st session on a high note by embracing the groundbreaking CITES decisions adopted at CoP17 last year Geneva, 12 September 2017: A far reaching Resolution on tackling illicit wildlife trafficking was adopted by the 193 Member States of the United Nations at the final meeting of the 71 st session of the

Únicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Nuevos fondos de Francia y Mónaco para intensificar los esfuerzos de primera línea de la alianza global con miras a combatir los delitos contra la vida silvestre Ginebra, 26 de junio de 2017 – Francia y el Principado de Mónaco generosamente aportaron fondos para El Consorcio Internacional para Combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre (ICCWC), un esfuerzo colaborativo de la Secretaría

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES Task Force agrees on strategies to combat illegal trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles Geneva / Singapore, 28 April 2017 - Over 50 representatives from 15 countries across Africa, Asia, North America and South America, and from international inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, met in Singapore from 25-27 April at a meeting of the Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles Task Force of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered