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Through the use of world-class life sciences tools, capabilities and processes, Kenya will leapfrog older crime fighting techniques to enhance the capabilities to protect our biodiversity.

Using scientific procedures to examine, identify, and compare evidence from crime scenes, and to link the evidence with a suspect and a victim, which is specifically an animal or plant, it’s a sure way to enact progressive and stringent policies that would deter criminals as well as adopt modern technology that would assist the criminal justice system to effectively convict and grant appropriate sentences as prescribed in law to wildlife crime perpetrators.

Poaching is one of the most serious crimes investigated by wildlife forensics. The modern DNA-based molecular methods will aid in the fight against the poaching of endangered and protected species, and in the prevention of cruelty to animals. The laboratory will enable our continent to fight against poaching and offer services for all African countries especially those in the East and Central regions that are battling this new, dangerous and bloody trade.

Let’s all bridge the gap between conservation genetics and law enforcement.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

MOCK COURT: Prosecution and Wildlife DNA-based Forensics Linkages

Remember some of the interesting topics discussed in the Linkages Between Prosecution and Wildlife DNA-Based Forensics workshop? Read the story here.

Below is the raw Mock Court proceedings and the deliberations on the outcomes of the debate. This is segmented as 'Prosecution and Wildlife DNA-based Forensics Linkages Part 1-4'. Indeed, proving an offense has taken place, identifying an offender, linking an offender to both crime scene and items removed from a crime scene with that scene all form a critical part in compiling a case.




 

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