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World’s Top Eco-Cop
David Higgins works for Interpol. He wants the world to wake up to eco-crime, and take steps to prevent it.
Higgins is head of Interpol’s Environmental Crime Programme. He helps police forces around the world when their investigations crimes like pollution, illegal deforestation or trade in animal parts take them across borders and outside of their jurisidiction.
Higgins started as a member of the Tasmanian police force, then moved to wildlife law enforcement for the Tasmanian government, and the the Australian Customs Service, then the Australian Department of the Environment before joining Interpol.…
September 20, 2012
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