UAE arrests 94 suspects for environmental crimes in $64-million crackdown in Amazon basin
In a post on social media platform X, Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the country's Minister of Interior noted that the arrests were part of Operation 'Green Shield', a 14-day multinational effort spearheaded by the UAE in coordination with Colombia, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador.
The operation was conducted under the UAE's global initiative, Law Enforcement for Climate (I2LEC), launched in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) during the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai in 2023.
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