Fighting Climate Change and Loss of Biodiversity

The significant proliferation of environmental crimes is causing serious negative impact on climate change and biodiversity loss at a global scale. Their devastating consequences can be observed in five major areas: fisheries, forestry, mining, pollution and wildlife. The objective of this project is to enhance law enforcement efforts and international cooperation to detect and disrupt environmental crimes, while also exploring pathways to facilitate the engagement from civil society that may collaborate with law enforcement authorities via the detection and reporting of suspected illicit activities that could pose a threat to environmental security. This will be achieved through a series of initiatives that will aim at strengthening the law enforcement capabilities and operational actions of project beneficiary countries, while increasing the availability and exchange of criminal data and intelligence to enhance transnational investigations of environmental crimes.

Project data

Countries
Peru, Cameroon
IKI funding
5,000,000.00 €
Duration
11/2024 till 11/2027
Status
open
Implementing organisation
The International Criminal Police Organization – Interpol
Implementing Partner
  • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - Germany
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State of implementation/results

  • INTERPOL coordinated a regional operation targeting illicit trafficking of wildlife and forestry, as well as mining, pollution and fisheries-related crimes across nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. A comprehensive analytical report on the operation was shared with all participating countries, and a regional post-operational meeting to facilitate information exchange was held.
  • The Brazilian Federal Police’s Clean Gold Programme (Programa Ouro Alvo) was supported, which is an initiative aimed at creating a regional forensic database to trace the origin of seized gold. Brazil was provided with equipment and software for gold sampling and analysis, and the mentoring of Brazilian forensic experts on the use of cutting-edge specialised laboratory equipment was facilitated.
  • Three national case coordination meetings were held for Argentina, Costa Rica and Panama on illegal mining and fisheries-related crimes. An intercontinental meeting was hosted to strengthen intelligence exchange and cooperation against pollution and waste crimes, which brought together nearly 30 law enforcement officers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa, Australia, and Singapore.
  • Two criminal analysis reports were drafted, the first in support of a transnational investigation on suspected plastic trafficking, and the second on global illicit mercury trafficking.
  • A diagnosis report for Panama was produced, with recommendations to enhance operational actions and increase multi-agency cooperation to fight illegal mining and illicit gold trafficking.
  • In Panama, Brazil and Vietnam national-level mentoring activities on environmental crime investigations for more than 100 law enforcement officers were organised.

Latest Update:
11/2024

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