ICCWC

The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) is a coordinated global response to wildlife crime, comprised of five inter-governmental organizations with the global presence, mandates and expertise to provide much needed front-line support and capacity building to address wildlife crime. The ICCWC partners are the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the World Customs Organization (WCO). Established in 2010, ICCWC is a recognition of the importance of collaborative and coordinated action to combat wildlife crime and an expression of the commitment from each of the partners to do so. The ICCWC partners bring extensive experience and a unique set of mandates and capacity to bear against wildlife crime, and recognize that working under the collaborative banner of ICCWC can yield more effective results in addressing wildlife crime.

Through technical assistance, tools, training, and operational support, ICCWC works along the entire criminal justice chain, building the capacity of frontline law enforcement in countries and regions around the world affected by wildlife crime.

UNODC's Environment Team, on behalf of ICCWC, leads on the implementation of the Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit and the Indicator Framework, undertaking foundational, evidence-based assessments in requesting countries to understand the national context and identify strengths and weaknesses in the preventive and criminal justice responses to wildlife crime.

For more information on ICCWC’s work, tools, and strategy, visit: http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/iccwc.php