Legal Policy programme

Justice for Wildlife

We leverage laws and technology to empower law enforcement and disrupt criminal networks that trade in wildlife.

Anchor project

WITS

Wildlife Information Tracking System

WITS transforms fragmented incident reports into a unified intelligence layer. Wildlife crime is recorded in dozens of places and formats — court registries, ranger logs, seizure records — and almost none of it talks to each other. The system exists to close that gap.

Prosecutors build stronger cases from evidence that was previously scattered across incompatible reports.

Rangers identify patterns before crimes occur, rather than reconstructing them afterwards.

Policymakers drive structural reform backed by irrefutable evidence.

Under 5%of wildlife crime seizures in Africa ever result in a conviction. The evidence exists — it has simply never been connected.

Seizures recorded: 1,380+Seizures recorded
Offenders tracked: 2,400+Offenders tracked
Species monitored: 150+Species monitored
Countries active: 5Countries active

Explore WITS Report an incident Case precedents

WITS is a LAPA project and opens in a new tab at wits.lapa.africa.