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Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://tools.osintnewsletter.com/osint-tools/wildeye.md). # WildEye Tool Description : A map-based environmental investigative journalism platform with info about wildlife trafficking/environmental crimes, including seizures, arrests, court cases and convictions. | **Tool name** | **Quick Overview** | | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | URL | | | What it does | Maps and tracks wildlife trafficking and environmental-crime incidents, including seizures, arrests, court cases and convictions. | | How to use it | Choose a regional map, filter by incident category, search by keyword, commodity, country or date, and open map markers for incident details. | | Cost | Free public access. | | Account required | No account for ordinary public map searches. Yes to subscribe to alerts. | | Cookies | None noted. | | Ownership | Developed and maintained by Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, an independent, non-profit environmental journalism organisation in Africa. | | Use in Reporting | Identifying wildlife-crime cases, tracking enforcement outcomes, researching trafficking routes, comparing activity across jurisdictions, and finding leads for court-record and FOI research. | ### What does WildEye do? WildEye brings together information about wildlife crime and other environmental offences in searchable, interactive maps. Its records can include the commodities involved, seizures, arrests, court proceedings, convictions, penalties and other case details. The platform has regional versions covering global incidents, Europe, Asia, Southern Africa and Eastern Africa. It is designed to make scattered information easier to find and compare, particularly for journalists investigating illegal wildlife trade and related environmental crime. **The lowdown:** It’s a geospatial research and case-tracking tool for wildlife trafficking and environmental crime. ### How to Use: **1. Choose a map and narrow the subject. Use the category filter to focus on seizures, arrests, court cases or convictions.** **2. Use the search field to investigate a commodity, species, country, date or other keyword and/or select a map marker to examine the available incident details, such as products seized, suspects or defendants identified in the record, and reported penalties.** **3. Follow up and preserve evidence. Look for repeated incidents, cross-border links, changes in case outcomes or apparent gaps between arrests and convictions. You can also subscribe to email alerts for relevant cases or areas if continued monitoring is needed.** ### Cost * [x] Free * [ ] Partially Free * [ ] Paid Free public access. ## Data Processing ### Account Required: * [x] Yes * [x] No No account necessary for ordinary public map searches. An email address is required to subscribe to alerts and raw datasets may need to be requested from Oxpeckers. ### Cookies: None noted during our site session on 9 October 2026. ### Use in Reporting WildEye can be useful for: * Identifying reported wildlife-trafficking incidents involving particular species, animal products, timber or other commodities. * Mapping seizures and arrests across countries and regions. * Tracking whether cases progress from arrest or prosecution to conviction. * Comparing enforcement activity across jurisdictions and identifying apparent gaps in case outcomes. * Finding cases for follow-up through court records, official statements and freedom-of-information requests. * Investigating possible cross-border trafficking patterns and recurring commodities. * Generating leads for research into wildlife-crime networks and environmental offences. * Monitoring selected cases or areas through email alerts. * Supporting data-driven environmental journalism and cross-border investigations. You can view Oxpeckers data and investigations [here.](https://oxpeckers.org/get-the-data/) | **Capabilities** | **Limitations** | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Interactive maps showing environmental-crime incidents. | Geographic and subject coverage varies by regional dataset. | | Filters for incident categories and keyword searches. | Search results depend on what has been collected and indexed. | | Records covering seizures, arrests, court cases and convictions. | An arrest or seizure is not proof of guilt or a completed criminal offence. | | Helps compare incidents and case outcomes across jurisdictions. | Differences in law, enforcement and record-keeping can make comparisons misleading. | | Supports alerts, data requests and contributions from researchers. | Updates and underlying data availability may vary and some datasets require a request. | ### Summary WildEye is a free environmental-crime platform for mapping and researching wildlife trafficking and related offences. Its strongest use is in the discovery and collection stages of an investigation, followed by verification and analysis. It helps researchers find incidents, compare enforcement outcomes and develop leads for reporting, but it should not replace primary court records or independent corroboration. ### Ownership WildEye is a project of Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, an African non-profit organisation focused on investigative environmental reporting, data analysis and geospatial storytelling. It was founded and is headed by [Fiona Macleod.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-macleod-275250a/) ### Ethical Considerations * Treat a seizure, arrest or allegation as a reported event, not proof of guilt. * Verify names, charges, outcomes and penalties against original legal or official records. * Do not assume that a concentration of recorded incidents proves a higher underlying crime rate. It may also reflect differences in enforcement, reporting or data availability. * Avoid identifying people beyond what is justified by reliable public-interest evidence. * Follow applicable laws and data-use terms when reusing datasets, and protect sensitive information that could endanger people, wildlife or ongoing investigations. ### Related Tools: * [CITES Trade Database](/osint-tools/cites-trade-database.md) * UNODC * TRAFFIC * [Global Fishing Watch](/osint-tools/global-fishing-watch.md) * [Global Forest Watch](/osint-tools/global-fishing-watch.md) * [EJAtlas](/osint-tools/ejatlas.md) #### Sources