The United States Government has
announced visa ban for specific targets.
Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo,
disclosed this on Tuesday.
The ban was described as
“first-of-its-kind”.
A State Department’s statement said it would affect wildlife and timber traffickers.
It noted that wildlife and timber
trafficking are serious transnational organized crime activities that threaten
national security, undermine economic prosperity, fuel corruption, and spread
disease.
The new visa restriction, which
relies on section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, is now
in effect.
America said it will help disrupt
the movements and business of transnational criminal organizations, making it
harder for them to smuggle illegal wildlife and timber.
“The Department of State will
also impose restrictions on the immediate family of traffickers who are
believed to be complicit or involved in wildlife and timber trafficking”, the
statement read.
U.S. added that implementation of
the new tool was in furtherance of its leadership in strengthening law
enforcement, countering corruption, combating organized crime, and protecting
our precious natural world.
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