Before the increasing situation of the kind of crime relating to illegal wildlife trade, the Government of Vietnam has drastically directed the Ministries, Branches and Localities to strengthen the preventing, combating and detecting and handling strictly those activities relating to illegal wildlife trade, violations of the provisions of the laws of Vietnam and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

In the process of combating this type of crime, the authorities found that the collection, management and analysis of information on crime relating to illegal wildlife trade plays as one of the prerequisite role. Therefore, skills of collection of reliable information as well as management and analysis of useful information for the crime prevention are essential to enhance for the law enforcement force.

With the above-mentioned reasons, the training course was organized with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness in fighting against the environmental related crime in general, the type of crime relating to illegal wildlife trade in particular, additionally, strengthening capacity, knowledge and skills to collect, manage and analyze information on crimes relating to illegal wildlife trade for the law enforcement officers in this field.

Delegates took memorial photos with the trainees

Speaking at the ceremony, Colonel, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Minh Duc, Deputy Director of Institute of Police Science - PPA appreciated the cooperation program with the Wildlife Conservation Society. He believed that the training course would be a good opportunity for the police forces to improve the skills and experiences in investigation of environmental related crimes, especially crimes relating to illegal wildlife trade. He also required the trainees should enhance the spirit of learning and and accumulating knowledge and experiences from the experts to serve the protection of the environment in general and wildlife in particular in Vietnam.

Translated by GL