GlobaLeaks is happy to celebrate with Earth League International (ELI) the 10th anniversary of WildLeaks, the world’s first whistleblowing initiative dedicated to combating environmental and wildlife crime.
Since 2013 we have been supporting ELI with our digital platform to provide a safe, secure, and anonymous channel for whistleblowers worldwide to share crucial information about environmental and wildlife crime.
As ELI’s Executive Director Andrea Crosta, the creator of WildLeaks, shares, “Wildlife and environmental crimes often go unchallenged because people cannot speak up. WildLeaks empowers whistleblowers to help expose these crimes and bring justice.”
Over the past decade, the platform has received hundreds of submissions from more than 30 countries, ranging from wildlife trafficking to illegal logging and corporate environmental crimes. Despite limited funding, 25 cases have led to concrete actions—including investigations, reports to partner NGOs and law enforcement, and media exposure. More info about the work done in the framework of the WildLeaks initiative can be read in this report.
Our support and collaboration to this ground-breaking initiative will continue and we encourage everyone to support ELI with a donation to ensure they can keep on fighting for a future where nature and its wildlife are protected, and environmental crime does not go unpunished.