The following is excerpted from a 19 February 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.
Customs, police and wildlife officers from Asia, Africa and the United States mounted a successful cross-border enforcement operation, codenamed "COBRA", to crack down on wildlife crime syndicates. The month-long operation from 6 January to 5 February 2013 targeted species under serious threat, such as big cats, elephants, rhinos, pangolins and great apes, and was described as "an international, intelligence-driven operation aimed at dismantling organized wildlife crime syndicates with significant results and the prospect for more."
Operation COBRA yielded hundred of arrests and resulted in the seizure of assorted wildlife specimens, such as shahtoosh (1550 kg – representing the killing of almost 10,000 Tibetan antelope to harvest the wool), red sander wood (42,000 kg), elephant ivory (6,500 kg), live snakes (2,600), hornbill beaks (324), pangolins (102), pangolin scales (800 kg), rhino horns (22), rhino horn carvings (4), tiger trophies (10), leopard trophies (7), and elephant meat (31 kg). The haul also included claws and teeth of protected felid animals and plant species, as well as assorted equipment including fire arms and ammunition taken recovered from poachers.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/media/newsroom/2013/february/asia-and-africa-join-hands.aspx