It’s a not-for-profit collaborative project created & funded by the Elephant Action League (EAL) and managed by a small group of very experienced individuals, which includes the directors of environmental investigation NGOs, environmental lawyers, accredited journalists, security professionals and ex-law enforcement officers. WildLeaks also enjoys the collaboration of several Partners around the world, including environmental organizations, media and experienced professionals.
The project is open to new partnership opportunities, and more Partners will join soon. We invite organizations and individuals involved in fighting wildlife crime, and the media, to contact us if they wish to be Partners. The Mission of WildLeaks is to receive and evaluate anonymous information and tips regarding wildlife and forest crimes and transform them into actionable items. In the web site it is possible to begin or continue an investigation, share the information with selected and trusted contacts within the relevant law enforcement agencies or share the information with the media partners.
The priority of Wikileaks is to facilitate the identification, arrest and prosecution of criminals, traffickers, businessmen and corrupt governmental officials behind the poaching of endangered species and the trafficking of wildlife and forest products such as ivory, rhino horn, big cats, apes, pangolins, birds and illegal timber. "Wildlife crimes very often go undetected and unchallenged when people do not speak up about them, and whistleblowers can play a crucial role in fighting back, creating awareness and supporting justice," said Andrea Crosta, co-Founder of the Elephant Action League and project leader of the new whistleblower site. Highly experienced and responsible professionals, investigative reporters and ex-law enforcement officers evaluate documents and tips provided to WildLeaks. Each information is evaluated and validated in a very scrupulous way. In order to assess the information and decide what to do, WildLeaks uses sophisticated intelligence methodology, a vast network of contacts and the latest technologies.