Five Amazon Countries Arrest Hundreds in Major Crackdown on Environmental Crime The latest crackdown on environmental crime in the Amazon Basin has revealed a disturbing reality: organized criminal networks are ravaging the world's largest rainforest.
This complex web of corruption involves governments, corporations, and local communities, all complicit in the destruction of an ecosystem that provides for over 40% of the world's oxygen.
Operation Green Shield 2026, a multinational effort involving five Amazon countries, has resulted in hundreds of arrests and seizures worth more than $280 million.