Disrupting the financing of Andean IWT networks through asset recovery
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £423,861
WHERE Peru, Bolivia
Summary
This project aims to disrupt IWT networks in Bolivia and Peru by embedding financial investigation and asset recovery into IWT enforcement practice, building on the successful application of asset recovery techniques to combat organised crime and corruption in Latin America. Activities:
1. Mentor environmental crime prosecutors to use a follow-the-money approach.
2. Galvanise peer-based training for specialised prosecutors and investigators.
3. Facilitate cross-border and public-private information flows to disrupt trans-national environmental criminals.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
