Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

• WCCB has issued red alert cautioning authorities against organized hunting gangs which have raised concerns about possible poacher intrusion in 11 tiger reserves of the country.

ABOUT WCCB

• It was set up in 2007 under Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 by amending it in 2006.
• It is a statutory multi-disciplinary body established under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.
• The Bureau has-
  • five regional offices at Delhi (headquarters), Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Jabalpur; and
  • five border units at Ramanathapuram, Gorakhpur, Motihari, Nathula and Moreh.
• Objective -To collect and collate intelligence related to organized wildlife crime activities and to disseminate the same to State; establish a centralized wildlife crime data bank etc.
• WCCB is designated nodal agency for CITES related enforcement.