The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) logo is pictured on a stand in Berlin. The German Environment Ministry plans to combat environmental crime in collaboration with Interpol and the conservation ...

However, there is still no sign of a coherent policy capable of tackling environmental crime and the corruption that facilitates it, let alone any action. Part of this is due to the political chaos ...

Environmental crime is now one of the world’s most profitable illegal industries, driven by illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and weak enforcement. This in-depth article explores the scale of the ...

One year after the adoption of the updated European Directive on Environmental Crime, Euronews takes stock with Lieutenant ...

BERLIN, Germany, February 16, 2025 (ENS) – With new funding, Germany’s Environment Ministry, the nonprofit WWF Germany, and the international police force Interpol are joining forces to stop criminals ...

With environmental crime ranking as the world’s third largest illegal trade, INTERPOL has joined calls at the United for Wildlife (UfW) global summit for enhanced collective efforts against the ...

An illegal toxic dump site in Croatia, the theft of water from a major aquifer in southern Spain, illegal trading of ozone-depleting refrigerants in France: This is just a sampling of the ...

Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin. The crackdown, coordinated by ...

Environmental crime is one of the world’s most profitable organised criminal activities and has a major impact not only on the environment but also on human health. It is highly lucrative but it is ...

Members of Colombia's armed forces sweep the landscape for illegal crop plantations. Colombia’s new security policy has put the fight against deforestation front and center, but several challenges ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation targeting environmental crime in the Amazon Basin. The ...