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Interpol’s Operation Madre Tierra VII netted 225 arrests across nine Latin American countries and hundreds of environmental crime investigations during May and June.

The crackdown exposed transnational criminal networks supplying protected wildlife and timber to lucrative markets in Europe and Asia, uncovering over 400 cases.

Investigations in Panama revealed illegal gold mining involving child labor, human trafficking and mercury pollution, demonstrating environmental crime’s ties to organized crime groups.

BOGOTA, Colombia — A two-month multinational police operation spanning nine Latin American countries resulted in 225 arrests for environmental crime and hundreds of new inve

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