{
  "id": 12922914,
  "title": "Crackdown reveals ‘industrial-scale’ wildlife and timber trafficking across Latin America",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/crackdown-reveals-industrial-scale-wildlife-and-timber-trafficking",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T17:55:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/crackdown-reveals-industrial-scale-wildlife-and-timber-trafficking-across-latin-america/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Authorities across nine Latin American and Caribbean countries have arrested hundreds of people and recovered more than 1,000 animals as part of a two-month coordinated operation against environmental crimes. Operation Madre Tierra was the eighth edition of a recurring Interpol-led initiative, and was conducted in June and July in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}