The SWiPE project, currently in its final stage, brought together representatives of the project partners from 11 countries for a meeting on June 15th and 16th. Held in Sofia, Bulgaria, the meeting was part of a LIFE monitoring mission conducted by the European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency and ELMEN EEIG, with participants attending […]
On 11-13 April 2023, several dozen representatives of law enforcement agencies and the judiciary attended a training workshop organized at the Łódź Zoo by WWF Poland and the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution (NSJPP) as part of the LIFE SWiPE project. As demonstrated by WWF Poland’s report on wildlife crime, the exchange of […]
With 70 registered participants from all over Europe, on December 13th the LIFE SWiPE project organised an internal knowledge-sharing workshop among its members and colleagues outside the project’s team, to discuss the future of wildlife crime prosecution in the short and mid-term. Different challenges for the fight against wildlife crime were discussed, including the disparities […]
On 17-21 October 2022, a workshop on wildlife crime was held in Goniądz, Poland, by WWF Poland as part of the LIFE SWiPE project. The workshop brought together representatives from the tax and customs service, the police and the prosecutor’s office. Participants shared knowledge on, among other topics, identifying species listed in the Convention on […]