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CITES Announces Law Enforcement Handbook on Wildlife Smuggling

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is announcing the availability of an ICPO-INTERPOL handbook that has collated many examples of techniques that have been used by criminals to engage in the cross-border smuggling of wildlife. The handbook…

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also contains guidance on detecting fraud, such as false CITES documents and labels, fraudulent declarations, etc. The handbook that is being made available to law enforcement officials only.