Caught in the Crosshairs - Lone Star Organic Dairy
Posted 11/20/23
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Another “Magic Pipe” Down the Drain: Whistleblower Tips Lead to Guilty Plea in Ocean Dumping Case
Posted 03/19/20
Question of the Week: How Badly do you Want to Stop Animal Trafficking?
Posted 01/17/20
Blowing the Whistle on Environmental Abuse: Investigation of Kanto Kosan for Wastewater Dumping at Naval Bases in Japan
Posted 12/6/19
Whistleblower Alleges Facebook Aided Wildlife Trafficking
Posted 04/12/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
According to a whistleblower, Facebook profited from the trafficking of endangered species and failed to stop criminal activity linking it to the illegal wildlife trade that allegedly took place on its platform. Facebook was displaying ads tied to unnamed “American corporations” on pages linked to traffickers known to trade in elephant ivory, rhino horn, bear claws, and tiger...
Thai Police Arrest Suspected Ring Leader of Wildlife Trafficking Syndicate
Posted 01/25/18
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Boonchai Bach, who is suspect of fueling Asia’s illegal wildlife trade for the better part of a decade, was arrested last week in connection with the smuggling of 14 rhino horns from Africa to Thailand. This arrest stemmed from the detention of a government official at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, along with a Chinese smuggler and a Vietnamese courier, transporting the...
Smuggled King Cobras, Albino Turtles Intercepted by US Authorities
Posted 07/27/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California is handling the prosecution of 34-year-old Rodrigo Franco, who was arrested earlier this week on charges he illegally imported protected and dangerous animals into the United States in violation of federal anti-smuggling laws and the Endangered Species Act. The live animals, shipped from Hong Kong,...
Food Integrity Campaign's Petition Against High-Speed Hog Processing
Posted 03/5/15
By Marlene Koury
The Food Integrity Campaign ("FIC") is pushing to stop Hormel from its practice of high-speed hog processing without a proper safety inspection process in place. Hormel owns three out of five hog plants currently participating in a controversial pilot program that increases line speeds and deregulates meat inspection by shifting authority from government inspectors to industry to monitor food...
WildLeaks – The Newest Source for Wildlife Whistleblowers
Posted 03/6/14
By Marlene Koury
Wildlife crime is big business – and it’s getting bigger. It is the fourth largest transnational crime in the world, after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking. And it is worth at least $17 billion a year. The World Wildlife Fund recently said that in 50 years of conservation work, it has never seen wildlife crime on the scale that it exists today.
Wildlife crime includes...