Building a follow-the-money network to target environmental crime syndicates
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main
VALUE £599,688
WHERE Uganda, Peru, Madagascar, Indonesia, Bolivia
Summary
The follow-the-money (FTM) investigation technique is an underused but very effective method to interrupt environmental crime syndicates. The project will boost FTM capacity by a) providing FTM training and multi- year embedded mentoring support to law enforcement partners in five countries and b) creating networks of FTM Experts and Advisors from the five core and up to five additional countries (including other DEFRA grantees) to scale up these engagements and generate surge capacity for the disruption of environmental crime syndicates.
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.
