Brasília, 25 August 2023 – The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) promoted a new class within the 5th edition of the Basic Course of Environmental Inspection Intelligence (CBI) throughout this week, from August 21 to 25. The initiative was supported by UNODC through CRIMFLO project – Strengthening the Criminal Justice System Response to Forestry Crime.

The course is designed to train officials of institutions involved in supervising and controlling practices that are harmful to the environment in basic notions of intelligence, counterintelligence, and intelligence operations.

The training included topics such as cryptography, biopiracy and technological constriction, basic concepts and procedures of searching actions, operational techniques, and the practical use of intelligence activity in environmental inspection.

In addition to IBAMA officials, the course was attended by agents from the Civil Police of the State of Amazonas (PC / AM); the Federal Highway Police (PRF); the Secretariat of Environment of the State of Amazonas (SEMA/AM); and the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainability of the State of Pará (SEMAS/PA), among other.

The CBI is carried out by the Directorate of Environmental Protection (Dipro) of IBAMA together with the Directorate of Planning, Administration and Logistics (DIPLAN) and organized by the Coordination of Environmental Intelligence (COINT) and the Coordination of Corporate Education (CEDUC). In addition to UNODC, the training was also supported by the Diffuse Rights Defense Fund (FDD).

The CRIMFLO project is implemented with the support of the United States Department of State Bureau of Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).

To learn more about UNODC's work on crimes that affect the environment, click here, and for UNODC's publications on the subject, click here.