Wildlife Kingpin

By: Wildlife Justice Commission
  • Summary

  • From the Wildlife Justice Commission comes the original podcast series “Wildlife Kingpin”, following real-life investigations into the dark underbelly of wildlife crime. Season 1 - The Rise and Fall of Ah Nam, follows a team of investigators on the hunt for one of Asia’s biggest traffickers of elephant and rhino products. Season 1 was selected for the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival in 2024, where it was nominated for Best Podcast.

    Season 2 - Operation Dragon, sheds light on the investigation conducted by the Wildlife Justice Commission that brought to justice some of the biggest turtle and tortoise traffickers in Southeast Asia. Season 2, was honoured at the Beyond the Curve International Film Festival in 2024, winning the award for Best Podcast.

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Episodes
  • Operation Dragon - Part 2: The Trap is Sprung
    Dec 5 2023

    From the Wildlife Justice Commission series Wildlife Kingpin, comes part two of Operation Dragon: The Trap is Sprung. The trap laid by our investigators is sprung on traffickers of endangered turtles and tortoises in East and Southeast Asia. Discover how the information we provided to law enforcement led to successful raids and arrests of high-level traffickers. Operation Dragon also resulted in the rescue of more than 6,000 freshwater turtles and tortoises, including threatened species such as the black spotted turtle and the Indian star tortoise.

    Thanks for listening! To read more about our investigation visit www.wildlifejustice.org and read our report Operation Dragon: Revealing new evidence on the scale of corruption and trafficking in the turtle and tortoise trade.

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    21 mins
  • Operation Dragon - Part 1: Low Risk, High Reward
    Nov 28 2023

    From the Wildlife Justice Commission series Wildlife Kingpin, comes part one of Operation Dragon: Low Risk, High Reward. Join us, as we identify the traffickers selling endangered turtles and tortoises throughout East and Southeast Asia. Follow the covert pursuit of kingpins secretly directing the sales of contraband livestock, aiming to disrupt the high-reward, low-risk wildlife trafficking dynamic.

    Thanks for listening! To read more about our investigation visit www.wildlifejustice.org and read our report Operation Dragon: Revealing new evidence on the scale of corruption and trafficking in the turtle and tortoise trade.

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    23 mins
  • Introducing Season 2 of Wildlife Kingpin: Operation Dragon
    Nov 24 2023

    Introducing Wildlife Kingpin: Operation Dragon, the second series of real-life investigations into the dark underbelly of wildlife crime. Operation Dragon, hosted by Jonathan Groubert, sheds light on the investigation conducted by the Wildlife Justice Commission that brought to justice some of the biggest turtle and tortoise traffickers in Southeast Asia.

    Thanks for listening! To read more about our investigation visit www.wildlifejustice.org and read our report Operation Dragon: Revealing new evidence on the scale of corruption and trafficking in the turtle and tortoise trade.

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    1 min

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