groups behind the industry. The world’s police community has reacted by working together across the entire timber supply chain to disrupt criminal networks and the financial flows that facilitate forestry crime.
Tackling Forest Crime in the Field
Regional and global police operations since 2010 have allowed national law enforcement to take their investigations beyond borders and work with police across the world in securing evidence, apprehending suspects, obtaining prosecution and convicting suspects involved in illegal logging and the wide range of associated serious crime.
INTERPOL has conducted dozens of global police operations against forestry crime over the past decade, resulted in the seizure of more than 1 million cubic metres of illicit timber (worth in excess of USD 1.5 billion) across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The overall cost of forestry crime is estimated at almost USD 150 billion per year.
Operations have seen the involvement of national forest enforcement authorities, police, customs, Financial Intelligence Units and other specialized forces, together carrying out targeted inspections and investigations against transport vehicles, retail premises, finances, individuals and also surveillance and monitoring at ports and transport centers.
Source: Interpol
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