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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...- Sniffing a chance to protect wildlifeWildlife enthusiasts are supporting a crucial WWF initiative to train sniffer dogs. These 'super sniffers' are vital in detecting illegal w...
- Assam Rifles, Mizoram forest officials seize 64 kg of pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh; two arrestedThe Assam Rifles and Mizoram Forest Department officials recovered 64 kg of Indian pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh and apprehended two ind...
- DRI seizes contrabands worth Rs 3,500 cr in FY 24; narcotic drugs, gold major contributorsRevenue Intelligence officers seized contrabands worth Rs 3,500 crore in FY 2023-24, with narcotic drugs and gold seizures constituting a m...
- Union Minister Nityanand Rai reviews security situation along India-Myanmar borderManipur roughly shares a 400 km long border. A senior official in Assam Rifles who do not want to be named told ET, “The minister visited f...
- Manipur to set up more police outpostsInaugurating the Sangaithel police outpost in Imphal West district, the CM said more outposts would be set up along the India-Myanmar borde...
- The government would set up more border outposts-Manipur chief minister N Biren SinghManipur is facing influx from Myanmar following the military Junta taking over power there. Manipur shares a porous border with Myanmar. Th...
- New tactical tools needed to check sale of drugs through dark net, social media, cryptoThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has made a case for developing 'new tactical tools' to check the sale of drugs through the da...
- Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in ChennaiThe end price of exotic creatures is very high. But enforcement agencies, in recent years, have stopped assigning any monetary value to wil...
- Police seize contraband wildlife products, arrests 3 persons"Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Crime Branch makes seizure of contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town area," Special DG of Police, Crim...
- Babus stumped by seizure of octopus and sea crabs on Nepal borderThe Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) seized a large cache of octopus and sea crabs, weighing 67 kgs, from near Bhikhna Thori on the Indo-Nepal bor...
- Presence of Indian insurgents in Bangladesh will figure in BSF-BGB meetingPresence of Indian insurgents in Bangladesh will top the agenda of the regional level Commanders meeting between the BSF and BGB at Dawki i...
- Sandalwood, gold bars seized at kolkata airport, eleven arrestedThe customs department on Wednesday seized 179 kilogram of red sandalwood, two kilograms gold bars and 5 kilograms drugs from the city airp...
- Sino-India border pact to reduce tensions on LACThe BDCA also says the two sides have agreed not to follow or tail patrols of the other side where there is no common understanding of the ...
- 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.
- Court likely to pronounce quantum of sentence in Sansar Chand case todayFifteen years after he was caught red-handed for illegal possession of leopard skin, a trial court is likely to pronounce the quantum of se...
- 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.
- Australians to train Indians in tracking down poachersAustralian customs has joined the fight to save the Indian tiger. Its officers will impart specialised training to custom officers in India...
- India continues to be hub of drug syndicatesIndia, with more than five million narcotic users, continues to be a hub of drug syndicates and a major transit point for all contraband pr...
- Wildlife trading ring dismantled in RussiaKey members of a smuggling ring trading tiger skins and bear parts into China will face trial in March after a six month operation in which...
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