Malaysia’s new enforcement operation to protect wildlife showing promising results

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Malaysia’s new enforcement operation to protect wildlife showing promising results

2 December 2019
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Mega seizures, dozens of suspects nabbed, and a money-laundering investigation into a local wildlife crime group – these are all results of a year-end crackdown on wildlife crime in Malaysia.

These cases are part of a new enforcement operation, which began on 3 September, jointly led by the Royal Malaysian Police Force and Peninsular Malaysia’s Wildlife and National Parks Department (PERHILITAN).

Known as Ops Bersepadu Khazanah, it involves wildlife authorities in the Bornean states of Sabah and Sarawak and co-operation with several conservation organisations, and were set in motion to tackle Malaysia’s wildlife poaching and trafficking crisis.

Notably, two months into Ops Bersepadu Khazanah, and authorities have opened an anti-money laundering investigation for wildlife crime.