Intel unit to help curb illegal wildlife trade

October 16, 2023

PUBLISHED : 16 Oct 2023 at 18:49

Elephant ivory worth 15 million baht is put on display at a police press briefing on Jan 12, 2018. The 31 pieces of ivory were believed to have been smuggled into Thailand by wildlife traders from Nigeria. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has set up an intelligence unit to help suppress the illegal trade in wildlife.

Noppadol Pholsen, secretary to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment…