They’re the criminal masterminds killing our planet. In this series, we follow the operations of Interpol Environmental Crimes Unit as they track down the world’s most wanted environmental criminals. Four episodes. Four criminals. Four Hunts.
Environmental crime generates an estimated 300 billion euros per year. At the same time, the penalties are much lower than for other crimes, leading to the perception of it being ‘low risk, high reward’.
Cyril Astruc, the Prince of Carbon. One of the masterminds of the heist of the century, a five billion euros carbon bonds fraud.
Samuel Jefwa, the Ivory King. Accused of directing a vast trafficking in elephant and rhino tusks.
Shahul Hameed, the Redwood Exterminator. Head of the criminal network that smuggling red sander wood, a wood threatened with extinction and prohibited for sale. Wanted by Interpol for the past seven years.
Wu Junchang, The Godfather of the Ocean : the head of a criminal network trafficking in endangered Totoaba fish.
In this 4 x 52 mins series, we join interpol on the search for four of the world’s most wanted environmental criminals. Four episodes. Four criminals. Four Hunts.
Episode One: The Prince of Carbon
Episode Three: The Forest Destroyer
Episode Four: Godfathers of the Oceans
Samuel Jefwa, the “Ivory King” and his brother, Nicholas, are the biggest ivory traffickers in the world. They are wanted by Interpol and law enforcement in multiple countries for ivory trafficking and organized crime.
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Junchung Wu is the head of a criminal network which traffics in endangered totoaba fish, one of the most powerful criminal networks on the planet.
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Sahul Hameed is wanted for the trafficking of red sandalwood, one of the most expensive woods on the black market, a trade linked to violence and bloodshed in India.
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