Global hunting for environmental crime: Interpol raises the alarm!

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International cooperation to combat environmental crime: Interpol and WWF strengthen the protection of biodiversity and climate.

Global hunting for environmental crime: Interpol raises the alarm!

A huge blow against global environmental crime: In 138 countries, more than 20,000 living animals and numerous products of protected species were confiscated in an unprecedented use last year. Interpol general secretary Valdecy Urquiza underlined the terrifying consequences of these illegal activities: "These criminal networks exploit nature to feed human greed." The loss of biodiversity, the destruction of communities and the tightening of climate change are direct consequences, as Quellen: