In collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Forestry of Côte d’Ivoire, WA BiCC organized a training workshop for French-speaking ECOWAS member states from the 21st to the 25th of October on the application of CITES by judges and prosecutors. The goal of the workshop was to strengthen their capacity to support the CITES Management Authorities in implementing their countries’ obligations, with a view to ending wildlife crime. Twenty-four participants from 8 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo were discussed various issues including wildlife crime successes and challenges, identifying criminal networks and supply chains, multi-jurisdictional investigations, among others.
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