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Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC 2.0 ) Training Series is a training course developed by Freeland in partnership with USAID, the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and multiple law enforcement organizations from around the world.
The CTOC 2.0 Training Series is private and available by invitation only. The target audience for this Course includes: police, customs, wildlife protection authorities, prosecutors, anti-money laundering officers, tax inspectors, and banking compliance officers.
The approach for this campaign is to focus on raising awareness and understanding of the updated law, particularly penalties that are linked to consumption of illegal wildlife, especially the four focal species – pangolin, elephant, rhino and tiger.
Bhin Banloerit talks about how he changed his mind about ivory and tiger amulets in this testimonial video for "A Good Life is Free of Killing" campaign.
The Handbook is intended to fill a knowledge gap between the legal frameworks surrounding the issue of wildlife crimes, including forestry and fisheries offenses. It aims to establish a baseline of relevant laws among the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with a chapter for each country, including extracts of relevant provisions and laws under the national legal framework. The Handbook was developed and published in 2016 under the USAID ARREST program to provide a regional and national law and policy tool for ASEAN member states when developing, improving, and implementing their national legislation and policies on the illegal wildlife trade.
USAID has been working to counter the illegal wildlife trade since 2006. Wildlife trafficking is a lucrative international crime perpetrated by organized criminal groups. Ending it is an important U.S. foreign policy objective.
The world is in dire need of help. Climate change, species and biodiversity loss, and pandemics are still on the rise, threatening earth and all of us. These pressing environmental crises share similar drivers: Habitat destruction, industrial agriculture, and wildlife trade. They also point to the same solution framework: we call it Planetary Health.
Corporate Support
Private sector companies have an important role to play in curbing international wildlife trafficking. Sectors such as transport (aviation, maritime and road) and banking may become unwitting accomplices to wildlife traffickers, and face financial, reputational and regulatory liabilities.
For more information on trafficking free enterprises please download our toolkits,
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The CTOC 2.0 Training Series is private and by invitation only. If you have received your login credentials, you may log in to the site using the link on the upper right.
To complete the training, you will need reliable internet access with the ability to stream videos and download files, and Adobe Acrobat Reader (download here).
Each module takes approximately one to one and half hours to complete including the watching the video, reading the reference materials, and taking the test. In addition to two introductory presentations, there are 15 modules in this course. The total course time is approximately 25 hours.
The CTOC 2.0 Training Series is comprised of 16 modules, all of which are entirely online and private. You will be downloading and reading reference materials and watching videos. In all but two of the modules, you will be taking a graded quiz at the end of the module.
You will earn a Certificate of Completion for each module if you receive a passing grade on the quiz. You will be prompted to download your Certificate at the end of the module.
CTOC 2.0 is a program that convenes and trains law enforcement officers from multiple agencies to collaboratively identify and disrupt criminal supply chains. It was developed by Freeland in partnership with USAID, US State Dept/INL, and multiple law enforcement organizations from around the world in response to the need for integrating capacity-building initiatives with platforms, systems, skills and knowledge that enhance coordination, collaboration and information sharing.
This training is designed to help law enforcement investigators identify and disrupt transnational organized crime groups involved in wildlife trafficking. After completing this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to identify and disrupt organized, cross-border wildlife trafficking supply chains.
You will need reliable internet access with the ability to stream videos with sound and download files. You may wish to work on this course at a desktop or laptop, rather than a smartphone, so that you can more easily read the materials.
Despite the hard work of governments around the world, wildlife trafficking remains a serious transnational crime that continues to threaten and undermine national security, economic prosperity, the rule of law, long-standing conservation efforts and human health.
The international illicit trade in endangered species is driving species such as pangolins, rhinos, elephants, tigers and many other wild populations of plants and animals around the world to extinction, while at the same time, strengthening organized crime.
The target audience for the CTOC 2.0 Training Series includes police and customs officers, wildlife protection authorities, prosecutors, anti-money laundering officers, tax inspectors, and banking compliance officers.
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