Tanzania in big coalition against poaching
Tanzania has agreed to form a task force together with the United States, China, Germany, European Union, World Bank and the United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) to control and curb illegal...
View ArticleMozambique, poachers are killing four to five elephants a day
A national distaster. Poachers are killing four to five elephants a day in Mozambique, or 1,500 to 1,800 a year, according to Carlos Lopes Pereira, of the World Conservation Society. At this rate,...
View ArticleMozambique elephants obliterated
A year-long investigation has exposed official complicity in slaughter for the ivory trade. By WildLeaks’s partner the Oxpeckers Centre for Investigative Environmental Journalism. The poaching networks...
View ArticleSouth Africa, bail application revealed intricate details on rhino poaching
South Africa, bail application of a suspected rhino poaching syndicate has revealed intricate details of what goes on behind the slaughter of the animals. The 10 accused are believed to have conducted...
View ArticleConservationists are adopting crowdsourcing methods to combat poaching
“No hope to stop wildlife crime without choking the layer of corrupt government officials, politicians, and security officers.” Andrea Crosta, founder of Elephant Action League and WildLeaks. Crosta...
View ArticlePoachers Are Now Slaughtering Africa’s Giraffes
Populations have plunged 40 percent as the animals are killed for their meat, often to feed elephant hunters. Giraffes are on the run. Reports from around Africa provide new evidence that giraffe...
View ArticleIvory dealer arrested in Gabon with 33 kilos of ivory
He risks just up to 6 months imprisonment, a ridiculous sentence, giving that those tusks are just a tiny fraction of the annual revenue of the trafficker. He was arrested in Libreville by the...
View ArticleHow to Save the Elephants? Target the traders (and the corrupt government...
Political elites involved There is a growing body of evidence that political elites and government officials in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania are heavily involved in poaching and the smuggling of...
View ArticleWildLeaks joins forces with Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
PRESS RELEASE – February 15th, 2015 (from the original in Finnish) Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) has joined forces with the WildLeaks initiative, backed by the California-based...
View ArticleRanger killed by elephant poachers in Garamba National Park (DR Congo)
#YouBuyIvoryYouKillPeople The NGO African Parks regrets to announce the tragic death of Garamba ranger, Agoyo Mbikoyo, on 25 April in the park. Agoyo was shot by a group of armed poachers a short...
View ArticlePushing Ivory Out of Africa: A Case Study from the Field
A Criminal Intelligence Analysis of Elephant Poaching and Ivory Trafficking in East Africa This case study takes data directly from the field collected by Global Eye and Elephant Action League assets...
View Article“The Devil”, most wanted ivory trafficker in Tanzania, arrested
PRESS RELEASE BREAKING NEWS “Shetani,” Tanzania’s Most Wanted Elephant Poacher and Ivory Trafficker, Arrested by Elite Task Force Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 29, 2015. The law enforcement body...
View ArticleMozambique elephants obliterated
A year-long investigation has exposed official complicity in slaughter for the ivory trade. By WildLeaks’s partner the Oxpeckers Centre for Investigative Environmental Journalism. The poaching networks...
View ArticleSouth Africa, bail application revealed intricate details on rhino poaching
South Africa, bail application of a suspected rhino poaching syndicate has revealed intricate details of what goes on behind the slaughter of the animals. The 10 accused are believed to have conducted...
View ArticleConservationists are adopting crowdsourcing methods to combat poaching
“No hope to stop wildlife crime without choking the layer of corrupt government officials, politicians, and security officers.” Andrea Crosta, founder of Elephant Action League and WildLeaks. Crosta...
View ArticlePoachers Are Now Slaughtering Africa’s Giraffes
Populations have plunged 40 percent as the animals are killed for their meat, often to feed elephant hunters. Giraffes are on the run. Reports from around Africa provide new evidence that giraffe...
View ArticleIvory dealer arrested in Gabon with 33 kilos of ivory
He risks just up to 6 months imprisonment, a ridiculous sentence, giving that those tusks are just a tiny fraction of the annual revenue of the trafficker. He was arrested in Libreville by the...
View ArticleHow to Save the Elephants? Target the traders (and the corrupt government...
Political elites involved There is a growing body of evidence that political elites and government officials in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania are heavily involved in poaching and the smuggling of...
View ArticleWildLeaks joins forces with Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
PRESS RELEASE – February 15th, 2015 (from the original in Finnish) Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) has joined forces with the WildLeaks initiative, backed by the California-based...
View ArticleRanger killed by elephant poachers in Garamba National Park (DR Congo)
#YouBuyIvoryYouKillPeople The NGO African Parks regrets to announce the tragic death of Garamba ranger, Agoyo Mbikoyo, on 25 April in the park. Agoyo was shot by a group of armed poachers a short...
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