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Fighting Corruption to get a law applied
Wildlife Crime - Case study
Ofir Drori The EAGLE Network
Anti Corruption Org. - AC
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Wildlife – race to extinction
Apes extinction
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Forest Elephant
Forest elephants – more than 60 % lost in a
decade, may disappear in 15 years
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Lion
Lion – recently found that we have half of
expected numbers. In most countries we work
with either gone extinct or may in three years.
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Rhino
Western Black Rhino Extinct in 2007.
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Wildlife Crime
Wildlife trafficking is the fifth largest illegal
trade
Organized crime
Connected to arms and drugs trafficking
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Wildlife Crime
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Ivory Criminal Syndicate
603 tusks, 3.9 tons, seized in Hong Kong in false
compartment containers
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Organized crime
One seizure represents more than 300 killed
elephants.
Every 2 months
At least 2-3 million USD profit
Active from the 80s
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Logistical necessities - corruption
Like a clock, selection process of tusks.
Operation stretching over sub regions
Activating and coordinating hundreds of
poachers
Protection
Vast and powerful network of corruption –
generals, magistrates, mayors, ministers,
MPs…
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Criminality
Money laundering
Pakistan – connection to the drugs
trade.
Arms trade?
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African Gray Parrots works
1-2 million USD
Every two weeks
High officials involved
Political Party Link
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Application of Law - The gap
Sufficient national wildlife laws in place in all
countries of west and central Africa.
Searching for indicators
Almost all countries of central and west Africa
were on zero prosecutions.
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Why is the law not applied ?
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First Obstacle
Corruption
Corruption
Corruption
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Law Enforcement NGO
Innovation
NGO Fighting corruption to get the law applied
Fighting corruption in Enforcement and
Judiciary
Bodyguard of the case throughout the different
stages
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INVESTIGATIONS
Investigators,
undercover agents and
informers gather precise
information so that
dealers in threatened
species can be arrested
in the act
Producing concrete
evidence for the courts.
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OPERATIONS
Plan and Supervise
Government arrest of
violators and to channel
complaint reports to the
courts.
Around 85% documented bribing
attempts.
Fighting corruption.
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LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Legal team builds legal
strategy.
Representing the cases
for the state.
80% of our cases
bribing attempts in the
court.
Fighting corruption.
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MEDIA
Newsflashes into national
TV news, national radio
news and written press
concerning the success of
the operations and positive
court rulings everyday
Education of the public on
the change.
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Results – A trafficker imprisoned per week
The collaboration shifted Cameroon from zero
prosecution to one arrest and successful
prosecution of a major wildlife dealer each
week.
Imprisoned SDOs, Army officers, police
commissioner, officials…
Replicated and operational in 8 countries.
Cross sector replication – child trafficking,
human rights etc.
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Message
A new model for fighting corruption in Enforcement and Judiciary
Should be replicated to Anti Corruption law enforcement
We will help any interested party using this model for any law – human rights, women rights etc.