Tag: Enforcement

INTERPOL: 30,000 live animals seized in global operation against wildlife and forestry crime

December 13, 2025

INTERPOL: Nearly 30,000 live animals seized during the one-month global operation (Warning – Distressing Content) #OrganisedCrime #WildlifeCrime #INTERPOL

TAGS: Angola, Australia, birds, Brazil, Butterflies, Cameroon, Canada, Cats, Cuscus, eggs, Enforcement, Environmental Crime, Gecko, Gibbon, gorilla, Hippo, Hornbills, ICCWC, Illegal Hunting, Interpol, ivory, llama, Macaws, Monkeys, Operation Thunder, organised crime, Philippines, Plants, police, Primates, Qatar, reptiles, Rhino, Shark Fin, Snake, snow leopard, Spiders, Tanzania, Tarantula, tiger, Toucan, Turtles, WCO, Wildlife
Increase in Calls to DAFM Animal Welfare Helpline

November 30, 2025

On 27 November 2025, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon provided written responses to Questions 134 and 145 from Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan. The questions addressed two areas.

TAGS: AGS, An Garda Síochána, Animal Health and Welfare Act, Animal Welfare, Animal Welfare Helpline, Authorised Officers, DAFM, DSPCA, Enforcement, Gardaí, ISPCA, Local Authorities, NSPCA, Report
Major blow to billion-euro glass eel trafficking networks

October 1, 2025

Europol: Organised crime at the heart of trafficking – The latest iteration of Operation LAKE, which ran from October 2024 to June 2025, uncovered large-scale trafficking networks and disrupted the flow of live eels destined for illegal farms in Asia.

TAGS: Animal Trafficking, Canada, DG SANTE, eels, EFCA, Enforcement, EU, Europol, Fish Crime, Fisheries Crime, France, Glass Eeels, OLAF, organised crime, Switzerland, UK, United Kingdom, United States, Wildlife Crime
Inland Fisheries Ireland seize 1,000 illegally-harvested wild oysters in Kerry

September 30, 2025

Inland Fisheries Officers prevent significant environmental loss and return seized live native oysters to the sea.

TAGS: conservation, Enforcement, Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, IFI, illegal fishing, Inland Fisheries, Kenmare, Oysters, Protection, SAC, seize, seizure, Unlicensed
Laois man ordered to pay over €25,000 after admitting animal cruelty offences

September 30, 2025

A 35-year-old Laois man appeared before Portlaoise District Court on September 19th, 2025, charged with 5 offences under the AHWA 2013.

TAGS: AHWA2013, Animal baiting, Animal Cruelty, Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, baiting, criminal, District Court, Dog, Enforcement, hunting, ISPCA, Laois, NSPCA, offence, Patterdale, Portlaoise, Prosecution, Welfare
Scotland: Woman sentenced for possessing and distributing material online relating to the torture of monkeys

June 15, 2025

Warning Distressing Content: This is the first time someone has been sentenced in Scotland for cruelty that took place abroad, making it a landmark case. #animalcruelty #monkeytorture

TAGS: Animal Cruelty, BBC, Dark Web, Enforcement, FBI, Indonesia, investigation, Monkeys, National Crime Agency, National Wildlife Crime Unit, NCA, NWCU, Online, Prosecution, Scotland, Telegram, Torture, USA, Wildlife Crime, YouTube
Minister Noonan appeals for information following the death of a white-tailed eagle at Lough Owel in Co. Westmeath

January 15, 2025

Minister Noonan appeals for information following the death of a white-tailed eagle at Lough Owel in Co. Westmeath

TAGS: An Garda Síochána, birds, Crime, eagle, Enforcement, investigation, NPWS, Wildlife Act, Wildlife Crime
30 tonnes of illegally-fished, contaminated molluscs seized ahead of Christmas

December 22, 2024

Europol-supported action led to the arrest of 62 in France, Portugal and Spain.

TAGS: Crime, eels, EMPACT, Enforcement, Environmental Crime, EU, Europol, Fish, France, glass eels, investigation, mollucs, organised crime, police, Portugal, Spain