India in Interpol’s wildlife group

The Statesman
NEW DELHI, 19 SEPT: The additional director in the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Ms Rina Mitra, would represent India for the first time as Secretary in the Interpol’s France-based Wildlife Crime Working Group. India was elected for the post during the five-day long 7th International Conference on Environment Crime at the Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France, officials unwilling to be quoted on the matter said. The United Kingdom has been elected to the post of chairman. Ms Rina would serve in the post for a period of four years. There are 188 Interpol member countries in the Wildlife Crime Working Group. They work in accordance with the norms set by Environment Crime Committee. The task of the Committee is to identify emerging patterns and trends in the area of environment crime enforcement.