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Operation SANDOKAN: Major New Investigation into Southeast Asia’s Biggest Wildlife Traffickers

OPERATION SANDOKAN: Unmasking the Lower Mekong’s Biggest Wildlife Traffickers ELI Releases Major Investigation into Cambodia’s Wildlife Trafficking Networks and Their Links to Organized Crime, Scam Compounds, and Corruption New report and accompanying undercover video reveal the inner workings of the Lower Mekong’s most prolific wildlife trafficking networks — exposed through sustained undercover intelligence operations inside […]

Operation VALLARTA: ELI’s Intelligence led to Seizure of 930 Endangered Turtles at the Los Angeles Airport

Operation VALLARTA ELI Intelligence Leads to What Is Believed to Be One of the Largest Single Seizures of Live Trafficked Wildlife at a U.S. Airport: 930 Endangered Turtles Intercepted at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Including One of the World’s Rarest Species, dealing a $7M blow to traffickers. Earth League International (ELI) announced yesterday that […]

ELI and Johnny Harris on Flying Money: How Criminals Move Trillions Without a Trace

Earth League International Collaborates with Emmy-Winning Independent Filmmaker Johnny Harris to Expose “Flying Money” — The Shadow Financial System Fueling Global Crime As part of ELI’s commitment to not only investigating but also raising global awareness of the most dangerous and poorly understood dimensions of transnational organized crime, we collaborated with filmmaker and journalist Johnny […]

New report – MONEY TALKS: What Criminals Told Us About Corruption

ELI Releases Corruption Report Drawing on Ten Years of Undercover Intelligence New report reveals how corruption — observed firsthand from inside criminal networks — is the invisible engine driving environmental destruction worldwide, and why no law, policy, or institution can survive when corruption is allowed to thrive Earth League International (ELI) today released Money Talks: Ten Years of […]

Operation ENCANTO: the Criminal Drivers Behind Amazon Deforestation

A 3-Year Intelligence Operation on the Criminal Drivers Behind Amazon Deforestation. Cattle Ranching, Cocaine and Gold 2025 was for ELI the culmination of more than 3 years of intelligence operations in the Colombian Amazon. Since 2022, through Operation ENCANTO, ELI has undertaken an extensive field investigation in Colombia to gather intelligence on the main players and […]

TED Talk by Andrea Crosta: How I Infiltrated Some of the World’s Most Dangerous Trafficking Networks

At Earth League International (ELI), most of our work happens far from the public eye — undercover, inside criminal networks, and within ongoing intelligence operations that cannot be publicly discussed. For that reason, moments when our Founder and Executive Director, Andrea Crosta, can openly share how this journey began, and how it evolved into infiltrating […]

The Fight for the Vaquita: Andrea Crosta’s Interview with Inside Climate News

Inside Climate News Interviews ELI’s Andrea Crosta on the Criminal Networks Driving the Vaquita’s Decline and the Role of Mexican Drug Cartels In this in-depth interview, ELI’s Andrea Crosta reveals how Operation Fake Gold has identified 23 transnational trafficking networks and more than 300 persons of interest behind the illegal totoaba trade that is pushing […]

ELI’s Executive Director Andrea Crosta’s Op-ed in Americas Quarterly: “Environmental Crime Is a Critical Threat to the Americas”

In this op-ed for Americas Quarterly, ELI’s Andrea Crosta exposes how transnational criminal organizations like FARC-D and PCC have made environmental crime—illegal mining, logging, wildlife trafficking, and more—a central part of their criminal operations. Highlighting the concept of “environmental crime convergence,” Crosta explains how these illicit activities now generate billions in revenue, threaten ecosystems and […]

In Memory of Dr. Jane Goodall: A Personal Message from Andrea Crosta, ELI’s Founder

My dear Jane, It’s been two weeks since you left us, and despite the time that has passed, I still find it difficult to write, and even to speak, about you. The sadness is still there, though now it’s mixed with deep gratitude for everything you brought into my life and into the world. Right […]

Jackson Wild: Andrea Crosta’s Panel “Investigative Journalism. Courage in the Search for Truth”

Earth League International (ELI) participated in the Jackson Wild Summit, held in Grand Teton National Park. After having contributed to several panels at previous editions of the Summit, ELI’s founder and executive director, Andrea Crosta, served this year as producer and moderator of the investigative journalism panel.   The panel, titled “Investigative Journalism: Courage in […]

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We are former intelligence, law enforcement and security professionals.
We protect Wildlife and our Planet with intelligence-gathering operations and by investigating and exposing wildlife criminals worldwide, including poachers, traffickers, businessmen and corrupt government officials. Earth League International (former Elephant Action League) is a hybrid non-profit organization that merges the worlds of intelligence, investigation and conservation in service of wildlife and the people who protect it.