LYON, France – An INTERPOL-led operation targeting criminal organizations behind the illegal trafficking of ivory in West and Central Africa has resulted in some 66 arrests and the seizure of nearly 4,000 ivory products and 50 elephant tusks, in addition to military grade weapons and cash. As part INTERPOL’s Project Wisdom, and supported by the […]

Seized wood equivalent to 2,000 truckloads of timber, with some 120 individuals under investigation LYON, France – INTERPOL’s first international operation targeting large-scale illegal logging and forest crimes has resulted in almost 200 arrests as well as in the seizure of millions of dollars’ worth of timber and some 150 vehicles across Latin America. Operation […]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – DNA samples from 359 elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka as part of an illegal consignment, have been taken by a specialist INTERPOL team to assist national authorities determine their origin and potentially identify the criminal networks behind large-scale elephant poaching. The INTERPOL Investigative Support Team (IST), composed of experts from […]

A North Somerset falconer Andrew McManus-Dunkley has appeared before Western Super Mare Magistrates Court charged with offences relating to the illegal display and trade in birds of prey. McManus-Dunkley is the owner of Banwell Falconry based at Smallway, Congresbury near Bristol. McManus-Dunkley keeps a number of birds of prey for display to the public at […]

FINED FOR DESTROYING A BAT ROOST On Monday 1st July 2013 a Chorley Magistrates Court heard a case against a Mr David Michael Dalton, 33, of Chorley New Road, Lostock, Bolton. Dalton, who had been charged with destroying a bat roost. Following a guilty plea Mr Dalton was fined £540 with £100 costs and a […]

June 18 2013  A man from the Forest of Dean has been given a 40 weeks prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, after being convicted of a number of counts of fraud and theft in connection with the trade in rare and endangered birds.  Keith Beaven, 68 and from Staunton, was also ordered to abide […]

The UK’s contribution to a global Interpol operation targeting the illegal trade in birds has been hailed a success. Operation CAGE was the third operation coordinated by Interpol to target the growing trade in illegal wildlife. The operation saw police, customs and wildlife enforcement authorities in 32 countries carrying out thousands of checks at ports, […]

On 12th January 2012, Cyril McLachlan was fined £635 at Lanark Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing the banned pesticide Carbofuran. Following the recovery of a poisoned buzzard and bait, members of the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit, Strathclyde Police and Scottish Government Rural Payments & Inspections Directorate searched buildings and land around […]