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Codenamed Thunderstorm, it involved police, customs, border, environment, wildlife and forestry agencies from 92 countries and resulted in millions of euros-worth of seizures. Interpol said the 43 tonnes of confiscated wild meat included bear, elephant, crocodile, whale and zebra. Canadian authorities intercepted a container with 18 tonnes of eel meat from Asia believed to have originally been poached from Europe. The juvenile glass eels were reared in Asia before being sent to North American markets for consumption. The operation saw eight tonnes of pangolin scales seized, including almost four tonnes by Vietnamese maritime authorities on a ship from the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
