Hundreds arrested across Amazon rainforest in operation against environmental crimes
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#77G4Q)
Hundreds of people have been arrested across the Amazon this month in a sweeping five-country law enforcement operation going after a host of crimes in the world's largest rainforest - from illegal mining to logging and smuggling operations. The World's Host Marco Werman learns more from Gabriel Funari, who coordinates the Amazon Basin Observatory at The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.