Interpol team deployed to help fight wildlife crime in Kenya

We’re facing a crisis. A rhino is killed by a poacher every ten hours and fewer than 3,500 tigers are left in the wild. This is not simply an environmental problem.

Regional Summit to Stop Wildlife Crime and Advance Wildlife Conservation ...
AllAfrica.com
Arusha — A two-day Regional Summit to stop Wildlife Crime and Advance Wildlife Conservation was officially opened today by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania HE Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

The government and defence lawyers Friday vigorously opposed a request by the ICC prosecutor for the Hague court to summon seven witnesses who have recanted their testimony.

Yesterday, Friday 9th May 2014, MPs, ministers, global representatives and zoological organizations gathered together to the ‘Stopping wildlife crime & advancing wildlife conservation conference: a call to action’ hosted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism and the ICCF.

The conference, which was held at the Hyatt Regency in Dar es Salaam, brought together influential delegates from across the globe to open a discussion about the alarming levels of illegal poaching occurring in...

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Wildleaks combat poaching and wildlife crime
Deutsche Welle
Many witnesses of poaching or other wildlife crimes remain silent, fearing retribution. An anonymous whistleblower platform aims to change that. The Wildleaks project is turning information into action the ground. DW speaks to Andreas Crosta, Wildleaks ...
WildLeaks targets poaching elite in TanzaniaThe Asian Age
Wildleaks: A Whistlebower Platform For Poaching And Wildlife CrimesViewsTimes.Com
Whistle-blowing website WildLeaks...

 Global environmental crime is worth up to $213 billion a year and helping to finance criminal and terrorist groups threatening security and sustainable development worldwide, according to a report released on Tuesday by the UN and Interpol.

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Pinda urges Interpol, other security agencies to join anti poaching fight
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Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has called upon regional and international security agencies, like Interpol, to join Tanzania in the fight against wildlife crimes. He made the appeal over the weekend when summing up the just-concluded Regional Summit on ...
Better planning vital for urban growth, says PMDaily News

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Tackling wildlife crime and protecting tourism Tanzania blasts British media over ...
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TANZANIA (eTN) - Lobbying for global support to combat poaching of elephants and ban bloody ivory trade during Thursday's international conference to tackle wildlife crime in London, the Tanzania government has blasted the British media over a recent ...
Inside story of why President Kikwete deployed Tanzanian troops in DRCNews Of Rwanda Group
We must step up war on...

Let Special Forces Fight Crime
AllAfrica.com
AFTER a brief retreat, the most dangerous hardcore bandits are out of their lair again. This time they targeted a police station at Sitakishari in Dar es Salaam killing four officers and three civilians who happened to be in the wrong area at the wrong ...
Police offer 50m/- to facilitate arrest of Sitakishari banditsDaily News

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