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CITES and INTERPOL provide training to stop tiger poaching
Law enforcement officials from a dozen countries in Asia and from the Russian Federation received training on combating the poaching of wild tigers.
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The five day training course, held in Jakarta, Indonesia was organized by INTERPOL and the Secretariat of CITES -- the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
At the beginning of the 20th century tigers roamed throughout Asia and numbered over 100,000. Current estimates indicate that less than 3,500 of these remain in the wild.
Tigers are primarily poached for their skins. Most tigers are now restricted to small pockets of habitat, with several populations teetering on the brink of extinction.
The training by experts from INTERPOL covered criminal intelligence analysis, a vital police tool for providing timely warning of threats and for supporting operational activities and investigations.
Bissera Kostova, United Nations
duration: 59"
