Amidst shocking discoveries of wildlife poaching incidents in the country recently, such as the 11 black rhinos killed in Etosha recently, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta on Wednesday launched the first ever National Stakeholder Forum on Wildlife Protection and Law Enforcement to strengthen the fight against the crimes. Shifeta said Namibia has experienced a massive surge in wildlife crime over the past decade, driven by increased global demand for illegal wildlife products. "As a global phenomenon, wildlife trafficking has become a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise that has expanded to much more than just a conservation concern. Environmental crime has exploded to become the fourth-largest criminal sector worldwide, after drug trafficking, counterfeit crimes and human trafficking," the minister said.