UAE-led operation uncovers environmental crime, with $32 million worth of items seized, 25 suspects arrested

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UAE-led operation uncovers environmental crime, with $32 million worth of items seized, 25 suspects arrested

UAE-led operation uncovers environmental crime, with $32 million worth of items seized, 25 suspects arrested

Regional law enforcement agencies from UAE, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, along with UNODC and the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) supported and participated in the operation. (WAM)

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07 Jul 2024 04:07:26 GMT9

Operation ‘Green Justice’ was to target the regional network of environmental criminal activities in the Amazon Basin

DUBAI: The UAE led an operation that has uncovered vast environmental crimes in the Amazon Basin, with $32 million worth of items seized and 25 suspects arrested.

Operation ‘Green Justice’ was to target the regional network of environmental criminal activities in the Amazon Basin.

It has dealt a serious blow to organised crime groups in the Amazon Basin, state-run WAM reported.

Regional law enforcement agencies from UAE, Brazil, Peru, and Colombia, along with UNODC and the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) supported and participated in the operation.

The mission, also coordinated by the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), seized 2.4 tonnes of items related to illegal wildlife and marine catches, 37 illegal fishing equipment, 229 illegal mining equipment, and more than 10,498 cubic metres of illicitly cut wood. The illicit goods were estimated to be worth more than $32 million.

The 25 suspects were charged with various environmental crimes, WAM added.

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