New weapon against traffickers

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Published: 20/02/2012 at 03:02 AM
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DNA testing could prove to be one of the most effective ways to combat transnational wildlife trafficking crimes, police say.

Thailand has become widely known as a source of wildlife meat being smuggled to other countries, assistant national police chief Chalermkiat Sirworakan said. "But, in fact, we are only a transit point for the gangs which supply wildlife meat to markets in China, South Korea and Japan," he said.

The issue was on the agenda of Interpol's "3rd Meeting of the Wildlife Crime Working Group" in Bangkok between Feb 13 and 17.

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cpkinnally
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Discussion 5 : 20/02/2012 at 04:05 PM5
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The police are also cracking down hard on the biggest crime in Thailand: not paying bribes to the police
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Discussion 4 : 20/02/2012 at 02:57 PM4
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How about elephant and tiger ownership being outlawed and these animals being taken care of on national reserves where they can be enjoyed with out being poached ,eaten ,ridden or sold on the black market .
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Discussion 3 : 20/02/2012 at 12:17 PM3
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I am sure the police already have everything they need for cracking down on this “lucrative international wild meat market racket”. Claiming that Thailand is only a transit point means, there is no will to do so. I assume we also have to believe that all those killings in Thailand’s national parks are being done by Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean poachers “from overseas”?
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Discussion 2 : 20/02/2012 at 11:16 AM2
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disc 1# Yes you are correct,But also when you look at all the stray dogs etc that are in the suburbs of Bangkok, well they can traffic them for me anyday.They are very dangerous. You could call them wildlife. Its only a matter of time before they kill or seriously injure someone.
How are they going to take Dna samples of all the wildlife?
Its not really that easy. Easy to say but not easy to do.
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Discussion 1 : 20/02/2012 at 11:00 AM1
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If DNA testing is to reduce and hopefully eliminate illegal killing and trafficking of Thailand's wild life, it'll first have to clean out those associated with DNA tests who have a propensity to accept bribes and tea money to contaminate or mislay evidence and thus make it inadmissible.
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