Andrea Crosta

Andrea Crosta, Executive Director of Earth League International, brings over 30 years of field experience to this Earth Live conversation about environmental crime and wildlife trafficking.

Crosta explains how Earth League International operates as an intelligence-led organization, applying investigative techniques more commonly associated with law enforcement to the world of conservation. He shares case studies from operations targeting wildlife traffickers, illegal loggers, and the organized criminal networks that profit from environmental destruction.

The conversation reveals the often-hidden world of environmental crime, which Interpol estimates is worth over $200 billion annually, and makes the case for why treating environmental destruction as serious organized crime is essential to protecting the planet's remaining wild places.