Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Timber Products Finances Criminal and Militia Groups, Threatening Security and Sustainable Development


Jun 24, 2014 | UNEP
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Global environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL.

Global environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.Global environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpufGlobal environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpufGlobal environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpufGlobal environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpufGlobal environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL. - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpufGlobal environmental crime, worth up to US$213 billion each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatening the security and sustainable development of many nations, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL - See more at: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2791&ArticleID=10906&l=en#sthash.7m3Hg40c.dpuf