ELI featured in The New Yorker as the cover story
Earth League International Hunts the Hunters
A conservation N.G.O. infiltrates wildlife-trafficking rings to bring them down.
After nearly a year of work with a reporter embedded in our team, The New Yorker magazine published a long feature article about Earth League International and our work in the field to fight environmental/wildlife crime.
It’s the cover story on the May 22 issue.
For the first time in our 10-year history, we granted full access to a top reporter who spent time with us in the field and at home, interviewed over 200 people around the world, and personally witnessed how we work and assist law enforcement agencies in targeting the most significant wildlife and environmental criminals globally.
It’s also a great article about conservation, wildlife protection, organized crime, and the convergence of environmental crime.
“..At a table across the room, Andrea Crosta, ELI’s founder, sat monitoring the action with Mark Davis, his director of intelligence. They watched as Billy stepped out for a smoke. “I always think, This is the time to leave your phone behind, because you could capture a great conversation,” Crosta said. He glanced over and laughed: Harry and Tommy were mutely gorging themselves on bulgogi. “I have almost no emotions toward those people,” he said. “They are in the business of death, and I do dislike them for that, but it would be counterproductive to hate.”
“…Chris Egner, the Homeland Security agent who works most closely with Crosta’s team, told me, “Our partnership with ELI is invaluable. Their access to these particular criminal networks is simply something we can’t do.”
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