{"id":986,"date":"2017-02-07T13:35:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/?p=986"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:35:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:35:57","slug":"give-europol-teeth-needs-tackle-wildlife-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/give-europol-teeth-needs-tackle-wildlife-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Europol the teeth it needs to tackle wildlife trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">Today the cross-party MEPs For Wildlife group are launching their campaign to make wildlife trafficking a high priority in Europol&#8217;s 2017 security threat assessment (SOCTA).<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">The MEPs have written to the ministers for environment and home affairs in all 28 EU countries asking them to give Europol the appropriate data, intelligence and resources it needs to tackle wildlife trafficking.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">A serious crime needs to be made a &#8220;high priority&#8221; in the SOCTA in order for it to be investigated on a regular basis. Currently wildlife crime is not given this priority.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">Lib Dem MEP and Chair of the group Catherine Bearder said:<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">&#8220;We must give Europol the teeth it needs to tackle wildlife trafficking like they would with human trafficking or money laundering. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">&#8220;Wildlife trafficking is a high profit, low risk activity for the criminal groups doing it and the money streams gained from the illegal wildlife trade are often used to fund terrorist groups.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">Sirpa Pietik\u00e4inen MEP of the National Coalition Party from Finland said: <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\">&#8220;Wildlife trafficking must be made a high priority so that Europol can tackle the illegal trade in items such as ivory, live reptiles, corals and specimen for traditional medicines.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-981\" src=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/letter-to-amber-rudd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/letter-to-amber-rudd.png 653w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/letter-to-amber-rudd-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/letter-to-amber-rudd-286x400.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>MEPs For Wildlife would like to send a special thanks to the Born Free Foundation (BFF), Humane Society International (HSI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) for their support and cooperation.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ifaw.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-463 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS-610x306.jpg 610w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BFF-logo-CS-1080x541.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HSI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HSI.png 1003w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HSI-400x111.png 400w, https:\/\/meps4wildlife.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/HSI-768x213.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the cross-party MEPs For Wildlife group are launching their campaign to make wildlife trafficking a high priority in Europol&#8217;s 2017 security threat assessment (SOCTA). 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