“Operation Crash,” is a multi-agency effort to investigate and prosecute those involved in the black market trade of endangered rhinoceros horn according to the US department of Fish and Wildlife.
Seven people have been arrested on charges of trafficking in endangered black rhinoceros horn over the past week in Los Angeles, Newark, N.J., and New York, the Department of Justice and Department of the Interior announced today (Feb 23, 2012).
Special agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made the arrests and have executed search warrants in five different states as part of “Operation Crash,” a multi-agency effort to investigate and prosecute those involved in the black market trade of endangered rhinoceros horn.
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Below is an interview with USFWS Director Dan Ashe and USFWS Law Enforcement Chief William C. Woody about recent rhino law enforcement investigation and arrests.
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