The Convergence of Environmental Crime with Transnational Organized Crime

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12/10/2025
12:30 - 13:00
Virtual Channel 5 , Online only
Session with interpretation

Why attend

It is crucial to understand how the convergence of environmental crime with other forms of transnational organized crime presents a growing and urgent threat to global conservation efforts.

Session Description

The increasing convergence of environmental crime with other forms of transnational organized crime presents a growing and urgent threat to global conservation efforts. The illicit exploitation of natural resources—ranging from wildlife trafficking and illegal fishing to deforestation and unregulated mining—is no longer isolated but deeply intertwined with broader criminal networks engaged in money laundering, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and corruption. As Earth League International (ELI) has documented through extensive field investigations and intelligence gathering, these interconnected criminal economies undermine governance, fuel violence, and destabilize communities, exacerbating the environmental crisis and weakening enforcement efforts.
Organised by
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Earth League International ( United States of America )
Partners
Earth League International ( United States of America ) logo
Earth League International ( United States of America )
International Fund for Animal Welfare ( United States of America ) logo
International Fund for Animal Welfare ( United States of America )

Speaker

Speaker Polen Cisneros

Program Manager, Wildlife Crime, International Fund for Animal Welfare

Speaker Andrea CROSTA

Founder and Executive Director, Earth League International (ELI)

Speaker Michelle ANAGNOSTOU

Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford

Host

Speaker Maggie MCGRAW

Intelligence Research and Policy Advisor, Earth League International