Following the money: Tips for journalists investigating illegal wildlife trade in East Africa
Channel: Earth Journalism Network
Date: 2021-04-23

As the world marks Earth Day on April 22, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network has organized a webinar to support the continuing efforts of environmental journalists in East Africa to expose wildlife trafficking and environmental crime.

This webinar, which is open to all environmental journalists in the East Africa region, seeks to show the ways in which investigative reporters can expose the connection between money laundering and environmental crime.

Please join us to discuss the following issues and more:
- Why it is hard to prosecute the kingpins of wildlife trafficking and what journalists should look out for if they want to do investigative stories on them.
- How prosecutors and the courts are using anti-money laundering laws to nab organized criminals engaged in illegal wildlife trade.
- Examples of some of the best investigative work on money laundering and wildlife trafficking from a leading environmental journalism nonprofit in East Africa.

Guest speakers:
- Didi Wamukoya – Senior Manager, Wildlife Law Enforcement Species Protection at the African Wildlife Foundation
- Annika McGinnis – Co-Founder and Director, InfoNile and member, Africa Water Journalists
- Wankyo Simon – Senior State Attorney, Office of the National Prosecutions Services, Tanzania

Moderator:
- Kiundu Waweru, EJN Project Manager, Wildlife and Conservation Media Coverage in East Africa