Government has emphasised on implementation of stringent law to check illegal wild life trading. Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the five-day programme on Asian Big Cat Related Crimes oragnised by Interpol and CBI in 
New Delhi today, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said the existence of illegal wildlife trade undermines efforts made by a country to protect their natural resources.
The Minister said that there is evidence to suggest that some gangs involved in illegal wildlife trade have links with terrorist organisations.
She said clear definition of culpability is required so that those indulging in destruction of environment and wildlife can be punished.
Mrs Natarajan said swift and certain retribution and punishment for wildlife crimes is essential to effectively counter poaching and killing endangered species.
The Minister said strict penalties coupled with strong and clear extradition agreements between countries are required to prevent illegal wildlife trade.
She said corruption, weak judicial system allows the criminal network to exploit wildelife as it is a low risk and high return business for them.
Natarajan assured CBI officials that she would look into the concerns of the agency which has to take sanction from the state governments before probing wildlife crime cases.
Earlier at the function, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said, the participants had the benefit of listening to and learning from a very distinguished panel of experts. Each one of them possesses rich experience of conservation of tiger and they all have been in the forefront of law enforcement in India and South Asia.
The five-day Capacity Building Programme for Big Cat related Crimes in South Asia (July 1-5), organised by CBI and Interpol, was attended by participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Representatives from Interpol, WWF-India and USA-AID were also present in the workshop.