439. One Rescued Chimp, Three Thousand Traffickers Jailed- Ofir Drori

Ofir Drori – founding Director of The EAGLE Network 

Ofir Drori has experience of two decades in fighting wildlife crime and corruption in Africa. He created the EAGLE network, operating in seven African countries, that brought about more than 3,000 arrests and subsequent prosecutions and imprisonments of major wildlife traffickers. It has been instrumental in clamping down on criminal syndicates and kingpins. EAGLE is fighting corruption to get the wildlife law into application and carries undercover investigations, organizes and supervises arrest operations and follows up court cases including private prosecution on behalf of the state. It won seven prestigious awards for innovation in the conservation field and enforcement results. He is the author of the book “The Last Great Ape”. 

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