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More than 100 animal and plant species of the specimen, which is protected by CITES (Convention at the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to the Convention, was detained in January and February of this year at the International Operation GAPIN time.
The illegal trade of protected specimens are usually lakenheath yard sales associated with criminal activity and corruption. These facts and make trading a very large scale in different countries, international organizations, governments, and very worried. lakenheath yard sales The World Customs Organization in the fight against transnational organized crime is a very important role. More recent active activities within the above-mentioned operation, the World Customs Organization koordineeriski GAPIN through the project, which in turn is funded by the Swedish government, lakenheath yard sales which was designed to prevent illegal cross-border trade.
Operating GAPIN seized more than 22 tons and 13 000 protected species specimens, including one live monkey, two dead monkeys, 295 ivory shape of the shell, and jewelry, lakenheath yard sales 57 kg of raw ivory, four rhino horns 4726 kg anteater meat, 323 merihobukest and one leopard skin .
The rest of the operation, while the seized products still need further investigation to determine their membership in CITES protection - 5,300 kg of shark fins, 12,056 marine shellfish or part of 11 250 kg of sea cucumbers, 1,000 kg of eel viscera and 50 kg of non-wild game meat (English bushmeat ), which represents a rare animals smoked or dried form.
Products / specimens seizures have been made in addition to the GAPIN's surgery took part in four African countries (Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa) in the 15-s outside of Africa in a country like Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom and Vietnam.
Of rare animals and plants, illegal trade is very profitable lakenheath yard sales and second largest criminal activity after the illicit traffic in drugs, which has led to a number of endangered species to the brink of extinction. For example, almost all the large numbers of monkeys has been drastically reduced. Great apes have repeatedly dropped a combined hunting and the illegal export of objects. Chimpanzee populations in West Africa, for example, has fallen by 75% over the last 30 years.
"International cooperation lakenheath yard sales in this area is extremely important, lakenheath yard sales and only by acting together can influence the processes," said the Estonian Tax and Customs Board, lakenheath yard sales Head of the Department of customs organization Urmas sequel. Therefore, Estonia participates alongside other countries in such large operations and customs of our employees contribute to the monitoring agenda.
"With regard lakenheath yard sales to Estonia, then surgery GAPIN time we did not have any discovery, but through the years is also significant in CITES protected lakenheath yard sales species discoveries made," said the Estonian lakenheath yard sales Tax and Customs Board, the organization of the Department of customs duties Division, Senior Specialist Elika Brosman.
In 2008 there was the old elevandivõhkade re-exports through Estonia. In 2008, discovered in the six ivory objects. Since the mammoth died out, then CITES permits for those that are not needed and are released. In 2008, discovered in the post for another 6 ivory. In 2007, the Congo was discovered that the traveler had six ivory shape of the shell, and two necklaces. In 2006, one of the passengers arrived from Vietnam, who was accompanied by two ivory pipe. Elika Brosmani said in so we can talk about the old toorluu commercial purposes of re-exports, and in addition to tourists unknowingly lakenheath yard sales bought ivory. Anne Osvet Head of Public Relations
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