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AP: Over 90 arrests made in global crackdown on environmental crime in the Amazon Basin
https://apnews.com/article/amazon-uae-environmental-crime-operation-arrests-8361b6e0570a00ac14b40aab62937efcOver 90 arrests made in global crackdown on environmental crime in the Amazon Basin
By STEVEN GRATTAN
Updated 3:22 PM GMT, July 10, 2025
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 crackdown, coordinated by the United Arab Emirates, has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks, officials said.
The campaign, which ran from June 23 to July 6, mobilized more than 1,500 officers from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Authorities conducted over 350 coordinated raids targeting illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging and fuel smuggling across some of the Amazon’s most remote and ecologically sensitive regions.
Dubbed Operation Green Shield, the crackdown was coordinated by the UAE’s Ministry of Interior through the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), a platform launched in 2023 to support climate-related policing. A central command center was established in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, with real-time data sharing, officials said.
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By STEVEN GRATTAN
Updated 3:22 PM GMT, July 10, 2025
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 crackdown, coordinated by the United Arab Emirates, has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks, officials said.
The campaign, which ran from June 23 to July 6, mobilized more than 1,500 officers from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Authorities conducted over 350 coordinated raids targeting illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging and fuel smuggling across some of the Amazon’s most remote and ecologically sensitive regions.
Dubbed Operation Green Shield, the crackdown was coordinated by the UAE’s Ministry of Interior through the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), a platform launched in 2023 to support climate-related policing. A central command center was established in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, with real-time data sharing, officials said.
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