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Dhangadhi, Nepal: Five people were arrested in Kailali with fake currency, tiger bones and herbs. According to the police, they were arrested from Dhangarhi Sub Metropolitan City-4 Bus Park and 13 Rajpur. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ved Prakash Joshi said that 55-year-old Lal Bahadur Saund of Chure Rural…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in coordination with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)-Centre level and with support of partner organizations organized a training from 20 to 22 December 2022 at Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. The three days training program entitled 'Identification of wildlife parts and…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Government of Maldives organized a General Meeting of SAWEN in Malé, Maldives. The Meeting was held from 02 to 03 November 2022 with support of INTERPOL and USAID. Delegates from the SAWEN member countries and representatives of support…
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India: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell tiger skin in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a vehicle at Puriara bridge on Kanker-Dudhawa road yesterday evening and recovered the tiger’s skin, Kanker additional superintendent of police…
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India: The Mumbai unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered many exotic species, including pythons, lizards, and turtles, in the city on Thursday. The DRI recovered 665 animals from Air Cargo Complex in Mumbai. This is one of the biggest seizures of rare and exotic wildlife species in Mumbai. An…
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Virtually organized Ninth Executive Committee Meeting of SAWEN concluded with some important decisions in regard to strengthen the institutionalization process of SAWEN. The Meeting was commenced in the presence of Focal Persons and representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri…
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL, 30 May 2022: South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with INTERPOL organized a "Wildlife Crime Standard Enforcement Training" from 23 to 27 May 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The main objective of the training was to enhance the investigative capacity of law enforcement officers…
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL 24 April 2022: Workshop on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Survey Result Sharing and Wildlife Crime Database-Management Information System (WCD-MIS) was concluded in Dharan, Sunsari. The two days program was organized by South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the…
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Bangladesh: A few years ago, a private-run television channel featured on Rabiul Islam Ranju's snake farm. The farm, located at Kalukhali upazila under Rajbari district, hatched several snake species for exporting snake venom. However, on 2 January, a team of Forest Department's Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU)…
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