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Scientists just trained AI to spot hidden seahorses, shark fins, and sea cucumbers in airport X-ray scans, and the 86% to 96% detection rates could give customs officers a new way to catch marine wildlife smugglersWildlife traffickers hide marine species in luggage. Australian scientists created an AI system using 3D X-ray scans to find seahorses, sha...- Cinema style smuggling bid foiled in Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in GariabandAuthorities in Gariaband district successfully thwarted a teak smuggling operation. Inspired by a popular film, smugglers attempted to hide...
- Mumbai shocker: From raccoons and black foxes to hyraxes, 45 animals seized from passenger at airportCustoms officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport intercepted a passenger arriving on a Thai Airways flight, ...
- Snakes on a plane highlight Thailand-India trafficking: NGOVenomous vipers found in checked bags on a flight from Thailand to India illustrate a "very troubling" trend in wildlife trafficking driven...
- Inside the illicit trade of exotic animals from Myanmar to IndiaThe civil war in Myanmar and resultant anarchy in border areas have given a new life to the smuggling of wildlife—from marmoset monkeys to ...
- DRI busts exotic birds trafficking syndicate, arrests 2 for smuggling 22 macaws from BangladeshThe joint operation was carried out in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the Customs Department at the Kolkata...
- Smuggled turtles flown back to their home in IndiaOver 50 Indian Star Tortoises illegally sold into Singapore were sent back home by wildlife NGOs.The tortoises, indigenous to India, will n...
- Sandalwood, red sander timbers smuggled most: GovernmentThe Environment and Forest Minister said the government was open to suggestions for strengthening laws to curb illegal felling of valuable ...
- Varanasi, Gaya used for smuggling rare tortoises, turtlesThe holy cities of Varanasi and Gaya are being increasingly used for smuggling of rare tortoises and freshwater turtles.
- Bengal, a transit route for wildlife traffickingIn the last three months, BSF, Kolkata Police and the Customs have arrested more than 45 people and seized a huge number of turtles, tokay ...
- Madhya Pradesh on global poaching map, officials wink, smugglers revelMadhya Pradesh is a crucial link in the international poaching corridor straddling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and Tibet.
- Wildlife smuggling racket busted in Uttar PradeshThe Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Uttar Pradesh Police today smashed a racket of wildlife smuggling in north Indian states with the arr...
- Wildlife crime control bureau in RameswaramA Wildlife Crime Control Bureau would come up this year in Ramanathapuram district to prevent smuggling of endangered species from India, o...
- Two private airlines being used in wildlife smuggling, Ramesh toldTwo major private airlines are allegedly being used in smuggling of endangered species, a high-level meeting chaired by environment ministe...
- Wildlife panel seeks technical expertise to match criminalsConcerned over wildlife criminals using high-tech equipment to conduct their activities, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is seeking legal...
- Increase in reptile smuggling worries wildlife officialsAn alarming increase in the smuggling of reptiles such as monitor lizards, snakes and turtles in the Tarai belt of UP bordering Nepal has p...
- Four arrested for smuggling endangered lizardsFour persons were arrested here for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 endangered Monitor Lizards worth lakhs of rupees to Nepal.
- Wildlife sensitization programmes for paramilitary forcesThe Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is organizing workshops to sensitize paramilitary forces deployed on the international borders and airpor...
- Tiger skulls, drugs bound for China seized in ManipurA large consignment of animal parts was seized by the Assam Rifles in Manipur's Chandel district on Monday.
- China says it is committed to wildlife protectionChinese government attaches great importance to protection of wildlife, including elephants and has initiated a series of laws and regulati...
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