“Interpol has announced the formation of a specialist team to be based in Nairobi, Kenya, which will target wildlife criminals such as ivory poachers and rhino horn smugglers. The team will be an extension of the established Environmental Crime Unit based in Lyon, France.

The dedicated team will help to co-ordinate activites of law enforcement agencies across Africa and build intelligence networks and information sharing capacity to reign in the activities of major criminal gangs and terrorists who use wildlife as a source of income.

The unit will be based at Interpol’s Region Bureau for East Africa in Nairobi.”

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Author: Kevin Heath