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Indigenous leaders ask UN to act on Amazon crime networks
The Wampis of Peru run two monitoring posts staffed by fourteen guards each, and delegates in Vienna through October twenty-third may consider a treaty on environmental crime.
On air: Gloria Vance and Vera Bullock on BBN OvernightPublished
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- First reported by AP News: “Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 12:00 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Vera Bullock; aired 2 times.
- Topics: Indigenous, UN, Amazon.
- BBN covered this story before: UN biodiversity summit opens as nations fall short of 2030 targets (October 17).
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Vienna this week, Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are asking the United Nations to treat illegal mining and drug trafficking in the rainforest as organized crime.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Wampis of Peru have set up two monitoring posts, each staffed by fourteen Indigenous guards, to confront illegal miners.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGalois Flores of the Wampis government says mercury from gold mining is contaminating rivers used for fishing and drinking water.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFourteen guards per post sounds like a strong team to me. Very community-led, very grassroots, very much a partnership.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAgainst criminal networks. Galois Flores, of the Wampis government, says police raids are not enough, because illegal operators often return once security forces withdraw.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the miners are basically repeat customers.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFlores calls it a crisis of transnational organized crime and security.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGovernments at the conference, which runs through October twenty-third, are expected to consider talks on a new protocol on environmental crimes.
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