Tag: Interpol

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:26 UTC

  Interpol cracks down on illegal logging in Central and South America: 200 arrested

  

  Interpol has announced that it arrested nearly 200 people in a wide-ranging international operation against illegal logging and the trafficking of timber. The three-month effort spanned 12 Central and South American countries, and 8 million dollars worth of timber was seized.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:20 UTC

  Japan Issues Arrest Warrant for Head of Anti-Whaling Sea Shepherd

  

  Japan’s Coast Guard has obtained an arrest warrant for the head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, accusing him of ordering members of the protest group to obstruct the Japanese whaling fleet, investigative sources said Friday.