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Posted On: September 21st 2026, 03:00 pm
🔎 ELI’S SECOND MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE BRIEF IS HERE
Inside the Trafficking Networks: ELI Intelligence Helps Stop a $7 Million Turtle Trafficking Operation
Turtle trafficking is a global, highly profitable wildlife crime fueled by growing demand and online networks connecting traffickers with buyers around the world.
Our latest intelligence brief examines Operation VALLARTA, an ELI investigation that helped lead to the record-setting seizure of 930 endangered turtles at Los Angeles International Airport, a shipment valued at up to $7 million.
Our brief uses this case to examine the larger global turtle trafficking trade, which is fueled by high profit margins, growing demand, and online marketplaces that connect traffickers with international buyers.
But seizures are only part of the story. ELI goes undercover to identify the people, methods, and criminal networks driving the illegal wildlife trade, providing intelligence that helps law enforcement disrupt trafficking at its source.
Your support helps make this work possible. Donate today and help ELI expose and disrupt the criminal networks driving wildlife trafficking.
📖 Read the September Intelligence Brief and learn what our investigators are uncovering. Link in our bio!
#EarthLeagueInternational #ELI #IntelligenceBrief #WildlifeTrafficking #TurtleTrafficking #EnvironmentalCrime #IWT #OperationVALLARTA
Inside the Trafficking Networks: ELI Intelligence Helps Stop a $7 Million Turtle Trafficking Operation
Turtle trafficking is a global, highly profitable wildlife crime fueled by growing demand and online networks connecting traffickers with buyers around the world.
Our latest intelligence brief examines Operation VALLARTA, an ELI investigation that helped lead to the record-setting seizure of 930 endangered turtles at Los Angeles International Airport, a shipment valued at up to $7 million.
Our brief uses this case to examine the larger global turtle trafficking trade, which is fueled by high profit margins, growing demand, and online marketplaces that connect traffickers with international buyers.
But seizures are only part of the story. ELI goes undercover to identify the people, methods, and criminal networks driving the illegal wildlife trade, providing intelligence that helps law enforcement disrupt trafficking at its source.
Your support helps make this work possible. Donate today and help ELI expose and disrupt the criminal networks driving wildlife trafficking.
📖 Read the September Intelligence Brief and learn what our investigators are uncovering. Link in our bio!
#EarthLeagueInternational #ELI #IntelligenceBrief #WildlifeTrafficking #TurtleTrafficking #EnvironmentalCrime #IWT #OperationVALLARTA
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