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PANO – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on September 25th held a conference to present the findings of a draft report on wildlife and forest crime in Vietnam.

The report is the result of an analysis using the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit, which was developed in consultation with the partners of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), including CITES Secretariat, INTERPOL, World Bank, and World Customs Organization.

Chief of UNODC's Global Program for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime Jorge Rios said that Vietnam has gained initial success in tackling wildlife and forest crime.

The report will be further revised as an important base line study which will be used to design a detailed program for national capacity building and technical assistance delivery in Vietnam.

This was one of activities carried out under the UNODC Global Program for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime.

Translated by Van Hieu