Notifications to the Parties

No. 2000/058 Geneva, 29 September 2000

CONCERNING:

Alerts

1. In order to increase the efficiency of its information distribution, the Secretariat will shortly begin to publish Alerts. These documents will contain illicit trade intelligence obtained through analyses of data supplied to the Secretariat's Trade Infraction and Global Enforcement Recording System (TIGERS).

2. The Alerts will not be published on the CITES website but will be sent solely to CITES Management Authorities, ICPO-Interpol, the World Customs Organization and those enforcement agencies with whom the Secretariat has formal agreements for the exchange of information. In the case of Management Authorities that have advised the Secretariat that they cannot guarantee confidentiality of information, the Alerts will be sent instead to a designated enforcement agency or agencies in those countries.