{"id":376742,"date":"2025-09-11T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=376742"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:07:51","slug":"strengthening-cooperation-in-the-fight-against-environmental-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/strengthening-cooperation-in-the-fight-against-environmental-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening cooperation in the fight against environmental crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From 2 to 4 September, the General Assembly of the Red Jaguar Network in Colombia brought together police representatives from Latin America and Europe, legal environmental authorities and international law enforcement organisations, to strengthen cooperation in the fight against environmental crime.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Header photo: <em>\u00a9<\/em> AECID<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Over three days, a packed agenda covered the evaluation of threats and strategies of the network, the use of international support instruments, the formal inclusion of new members, and the creation of thematic working groups on issues such as wildlife trafficking, illegal mining, illegal logging, and waste-related crimes. Among the discussions, police forces acknowledged the importance of working more closely with NGOs to effectively tackle environmental crimes. They emphasised that to combat sophisticated criminal networks, what is needed in return is a strong network of cooperation and organisations acting together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376755 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;width:590px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-08-at-1.37.30-AM.jpeg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Photo: Liliana J\u00e1uregui presenting at the conference. <em>\u00a9<\/em> Mariel Cabero \/ IUCN NL<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL was invited as one of the few NGOs to present its work and share how civil society can contribute to this initiative. Our director, <strong>Liliana J\u00e1uregui<\/strong>, highlighted IUCN NL\u2019s experience in addressing environmental crime and how our networks and critical perspective can strengthen Red Jaguar\u2019s efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-secondary\" id=\"block_e3c4d1bdfa96e641c5a31a18c68207a0\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IUCN NL\u2019s work on environmental crime<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Environmental crime &#8211; including poaching, wildlife trafficking, illegal logging and illegal fishing &#8211; is one of the world\u2019s largest criminal enterprises.&nbsp;Often overlooked, environmental crime is enriching transnational criminal organisations, human smugglers, militias and terrorist groups while diminishing the security, survival and health of indigenous communities, and wiping out populations of tigers, elephants, rhinos, sharks, whales and jaguars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>In 2020, IUCN NL together with partner Earth League International (ELI) published a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/publication\/new-report-unveils-the-criminal-networks-behind-jaguar-trafficking-in-bolivia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;unveiling the criminal networks behind this illegal wildlife trade in Bolivia. The jaguar is classified by IUCN as \u2018near threatened\u2019, and is poached for its meat, fangs, bones, skin, penis and testicles.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The investigations showed that the demand for jaguar parts comes from Asia, and the trade is generally run by Chinese residents in Bolivia. In 2021, this led to the arrests of five of South America\u2019s top jaguar traffickers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Read more about IUCN NL&#8217;s work on wildlife crime<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>Participants included nature protection units and national focal points from across Latin America and the Caribbean, representing Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block 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