In 2025, ICCWC supported 140 countries in strengthening their responses to wildlife and forest crime through capacity-building, technical assistance, operational support and international cooperation.

Countries made progress in using ICCWC tools and services, enhancing ion and turning strategic commitments into concrete enforcement action.

Through the combined expertise of its five partner organizations, @CITES, @INTERPOL_EC, @UNODC_ENV, the @WBG_ClimateEnv and the @WCO_OMD, ICCWC is helping strengthen criminal justice systems and build a more coordinated global response to wildlife crime.

Discover more achievements, impacts and country successes in the ICCWC Annual Report 2025: iccwc-wildlifecrime.org/sites/default/…

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What does it take to move from detection to prosecution?

At ICCWC's side event at CITES #SC81, enforcement authorities from Lao People’s Democratic Republic🇱🇦, Mexico🇲🇽 and Singapore🇸🇬 shared practical lessons on building strong evidence and turning seizures into accountability C.

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#WIRE2026 concluded in Nairobi last week.

More than 150 participants from 42 countries took part in over 100 bilateral and multilateral meetings, exchanging information on ongoing cases and establishing contact points along trafficking routes.

Thank you to Kenya’s @ODPP_KE our donors 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🇳🇴🇺🇸

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#ICCWC works with officials from across the criminal justice system in countries around the world, to strengthen these systems and provide authorities with coordinated support to combat wildlife crime.

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Today is the final day of the @CITES Standing Committee (#SC81) in Geneva, Switzerland!

If you are attending, we welcome you to collect some of our materials to learn about #ICCWC’s resources and tools.

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⭐ Highlights from #ICCWC second side event at @CITES #SC81.

🛜 @GI_TOC shared research on Internet-linked wildlife crime in Asia and Latin America.

🇧🇷🇿🇦 Brazil and South Africa discussed successes in integrating the digital dimensions of wildlife crime into capacity building aunched the Strategic Action Plan 2027-2030, which will guide the Consortium’s work in the years ahead.

Thanks to @EU_ENV for its support of ICCWC.

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“Wildlife Inter-Regional Enforcement (WIRE) is a structure created by UNODC to give an opportunity to investigators, prosecutors, and frontline officers from different parts of the world facing common challenge of combating illegal wildlife trade to discuss and share knowledge on networks involved in wildlife crime.,"~ Giovanni Broussard, Africa Programme Coordinator,UNODC

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It's Day 5⃣ of @CITES #SC81!

On the last day of negotiations, discussions are drawing to a close as the Committee reviews progress across a broad range of conservation, compliance, enforcement and trade-related matters.

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What happens after a wildlife seizure?

🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic shared its experience of #ICCWC support in transforming seizures into criminal penalties.

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“There has been a resurgence of iconic species trafficked in a containerized shipment, particularly ivory concealed in timber. This resurgence requires a rethink of the measures that should be put in place by law enforcement agencies and prosecution authorities."~ Zhiqiang Tao, ,UNODC

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Following the money matters in wildlife crime cases.

Yesterday at #WIRE2026, enforcement and private-sector partners examined trafficking payments, cryptocurrency and e-commerce investigations.

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Presenting ICCWC Strategic Action Plan 2027-2030, Edward van Asch Caballero highlights that the roadmap towards a world free of wildlife crime is based on institutional, operational & organizational activities. The plan undergoes a feedback period before launching in March 2027.

Sharing examples of tackling online wildlife crime from Interpol, Brazil & South Africa, panellists show how illegal wildlife trade is rarely conducted in isolation. The future of fighting illegal trade will be combining digital tracking software with conventional systems.

He shares concrete operational priorities for monitoring:
🔸 Building a documented route for monitoring into existing enforcement teams
🔸 Preserving evidence and test origins
🔸 Using evidence to target cooperation, linking wildlife investigators with customs & beyond

Presenting an overview of the study on "Wildlife crime linked to the Internet affecting CITES-listed species", Russell Gray of @GI_TOC highlights how social media often host a greater diversity of illegal wildlife advertisements than e-commerce sites.

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"Our ambition must be to get ahead."

Cristina de Avila of @EU_ENV called to better anticipate how criminals operate, connect intelligence across borders & turn investigations into real consequences for wildlife criminals, announcing more contributions to GUARD Wildlife.

With the growth of the Internet, wildlife criminal networks are constantly adapting their methods. Enforcement authorities must do the same.

@CITES SG Ivonne Higuero highlights need for cross-border & cross-disciplinary cooperation, effective legislation & adequate resources.

🔵INTERPOL’s role in ICCWC often sits behind the scenes, in the intelligence sharing & cross-border coordination that turn a seizure into a case that holds up in court. The experiences shared by Lao PDR, Mexico and Singapore reflect that work in practice.

The @GENetwork is at @CITES #SC81 side event "Wildlife Crime Online: are we keeping up?", examining evolving trends in internet-related wildlife crime through Parties' experiences. The session will also launch ICCWC Strategic Action Plan 2027–2030.

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Wildlife crime investigations need cooperation across borders.

#WIRE2026 opens in Nairobi today, bringing enforcement and justice partners together to strengthen cooperation across regions.

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