India Elected Secretary of the Wildlife Crime Working Group

India was elected the Secretary in the Wildlife Crime Working Group of the Interpol for the first time. Rina Mitra will represent India as the secretary who is also the additional director of wildlife crime control bureau.  The election of the wildlife working group took place during seventh International Conference on Environmental Crime at the Interpol General Secretariat in Lyon, France, held from 13 to 17 September 2010.
India will hold the post of secretary for a period of four years United Kingdom was elected as Chair of the Wildlife Crime Working Group.

Important Information
•    The Wildlife Crime Working Group includes all the 188 member nations of Interpol. The Wildlife Crime Working Group functions within the framework of Environmental Crime Committee.
•    All the member nations of the Wildlife Working Group elect Chairperson,Vice Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer for a period of four years.
•    The group holds its meeting once in a year to discuss wildlife crime issues like the poaching, trafficking and illegal trade and possession of protected animals or birds.