Alliance Secretariat briefs governments on illegal mining

The Nature Crime Alliance Secretariat briefed government officials during the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Implementation Review Group meeting in Vienna this month. 

Lynn Schlingemann, Senior Associate, Financial Crime and Corruption, Nature Crime Alliance Secretariat, participated in a meeting of the Group of Friends on Crimes that Affect the Environment, chaired by France and Peru.

The session convened experts from civil society to share insights on environmental crime and its convergences with other forms of serious organised crime to better inform government representatives working on the UNCAC and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). Schlingemann presented on illegal mining and the financial crimes associated with these activities.

The Wildlife Justice Commission, a founding member of the Nature Crime Alliance, also participated in the session, alongside the UNCAC Coalition and Transparency International.

Participants from the 14 governments represented noted the value of the briefings, highlighting the importance of multi-sector collaboration between governments and civil society – a key tenet of the Nature Crime Alliance.