Wildlife Law Enforcement: Law Enforcement Officers

Thailand Dept: BANGKOK - Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American Paddlefish. Officials at Thailand's gateway airport proudly tick off the illegally trafficked wildlife they have seized over the past two years, according to Winnipeg Free Press. It's a murky mix. A 10-fold increase in wildlife law enforcement actions, including seizures, has been reported in the past six years in Southeast Asia. Yet, the trade's Mr.Bigs, masterful in taking advantage of pervasive corruption, appear immune to arrest and continue to orchestrate the decimation of wildlife in Thailand, the region and beyond and in this photo taken June 2, 2011, a Thai custom officer shows an Indian gharial, a type of crocodile native of India, with its mouth tied at a news conference on wildlife seized in Bangkok, Thailand. Officials at Thailand's gateway airport proudly tick off the illegally trafficked wildlife they have seized over the past two years. But Thai and foreign law enforcement officers tell another story: officials working-hand-in-hand with the traffickers ensure that other shipments through Suvarnabhumi International Airport are whisked off before they even reach customs inspection. AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong But Thai and foreign law enforcement officers tell another story:officials working-hand-in-hand with the traffickers ensure thatother shipments through Suvarnabhumi International Airport are whisked off before they even reach customs inspection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.