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THE STATE OF THE TIGER Acknowledgements   Introduction   National Update   International Trade   CITES   Detection of products   China   Japan   USA   UK Global Tiger Forum   MP Tiger State   Poaching and Trade   Timber Mafia   Fish Mafia   Mining   Indrawati   Staff Issues   Nationwide   Kaziranga   Conclusions   International Trade - UK: "Operation Charm" starts to bite In an EIA survey of six pharmacies in London and eight in Glasgow and Edinburgh in October and November 1997, EIA investigators failed to find any tiger products for sale. This encouraging result is partly due to "Operation Charm", a police operation started in February 1995 which has involved the Metropolitan Police, the Greater Manchester Police and the West Midlands Police. They react to information gathered by a handful of dedicated police Wildlife Crime Units and Wildlife Liaison Officers. Officers from "Operation Charm" are the first to point out that, although EIA's results are encouraging, there is an ongoing problem with endangered species trade through the UK. next... Tigers Home