Wildlife Justice Commission reflects on a decade of impact with multimedia report

New multimedia web feature brings the organisation’s work to life through compelling case highlights and defining milestones

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By Victoria Heath

This week, the Wildlife Justice Commission launched a dynamic new multimedia web feature marking ten years of disrupting transnational organised crime and protecting endangered species.

The feature, titled A Decade of Impact: Fighting Wildlife Crime is a visually driven digital experience bringing the organisation’s work to life using compelling case highlights and milestones.

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Combining powerful infographics, operational footage, and first-hand insights, it captures ten years of investigations, strategic policy engagement, and capability building.

The report showcases numerous examples of how evidence has been turned into tangible action, such as arrests, prosecutions and convictions of wildlife traffickers.

Founded in 2015 at the height of Africa’s poaching crisis, the Wildlife Justice Commission was established with a clear and urgent mission: to dismantle the criminal networks trafficking wildlife and timber by turning evidence into accountability.

Across the last decade, the organisation has worked alongside law enforcement partners to disrupt 104 criminal networks and support more than 355 high-level arrests – achieving a 100% conviction rate in cases concluded before the courts. Beyond this, Wildlife Justice has played a critical role in disrupting major transnational trafficking networks operating across Africa and Asia, exposing the infrastructure, financial flows, and logistics that underpin the illegal trade.

Ultimately, these results demonstrate that targeted, intelligence-led enforcement delivers measurable impact — not only in arrests and prosecutions, but in making wildlife crime a higher-risk enterprise, reducing criminal capacity, and weakening the networks that profit from species extinction.

With the ability to deploy investigative teams within 24 hours and infiltrate the upper echelons of trafficking networks, Wildlife Justice’s model combines speed, agility, and precision — helping close the impunity gap that has long enabled wildlife traffickers to operate unchecked.

To access the new multimedia feature, follow the link here: bit.ly/4bl0XOc