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Interpol-coordinated operation nets 233 arrests in Latin America environmental crime sweep

Original: Environmental crime networks busted! Operation Madre Tierra VIII led to 233 arrests across Latin America, exposing shell

Operation Madre Tierra VIII has led to 233 arrests across Latin America in a sweeping crackdown on environmental crime networks. Investigators uncovered shell companies, illegal cyanide mining operations and big cat trafficking, with forests cleared at a scale ten times the size of Manhattan. The operation also pointed to global buyers whose demand funds the ecological destruction.

Why now: The large scale of the arrests and the revelations about deforestation and wildlife trafficking are drawing attention to transnational environmental crime.

Operation Madre Tierra VIIILatin AmericaInterpol

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• Environmental crime networks busted! Operation Madre Tierra VIII led to 233 arrests across Latin America, exposing shell companies, cyanide mines, and big cat trafficking. They cleared forests 10x Manhattan's size. The real target: global buyers funding this ecological… · AEGISAlliance · 3

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