Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Wildlife Conservation Society led
a training on ‘Leading Performance Improvement in Countering Wildlife
Trafficking’ September 21-22 in partnership with the Mongolian Crime Prevention
and Coordination Council and the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs. Funding
was provided by the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).

The training was designed to improve the performance of
agencies involved in countering wildlife trafficking and protecting wildlife in
Mongolia through evidence-based approaches, identifying and evaluating
solutions for prevalent wildlife trafficking problems, recognizing patterns and
themes that connect critical issues, and identifying the best data sources to
understand issues related to wildlife trafficking. Senior law enforcement
officials of the National Police Agency, the General Customs Agency, the
General Agency for Specialized Investigation, and the General Authority for
Border Protection Agency participated.

U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar