EAGLE Network

What EAGLE Network does

EAGLE Network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2003, originally as LAGA in Cameroon, that operates as a wildlife law enforcement network across six African countries: Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda. The organization works directly with government ministries, wildlife authorities, and law enforcement units to investigate wildlife trafficking networks, conduct arrest operations, pursue legal follow-up through prosecution, and use media exposure to deter further crime. Services are provided at no cost to partner governments and communities.

EAGLE runs a four-pillar operational model: investigations to infiltrate criminal networks and gather evidence, arrest operations targeting major traffickers at a stated rate of one per week per country, legal follow-up to secure convictions and custodial sentences, and media activities to publicize outcomes and create deterrence. The network reports over 3,000 major wildlife traffickers jailed to date, with corruption detected in 85% of arrest operations and 80% of court cases, and an explicit anti-corruption function that prosecutes complicit officers alongside traffickers. The organization has received 7 international awards and extensive international media coverage, and it operates a supervolunteer training program for new activists.

Revenue is generated through donations and grants, with no publicly disclosed financials; donations are solicited via GoFundMe and the organization publishes donor regulations and financial records on its website. The network has no proprietary technology products, APIs, or software platforms; its core assets are trained field staff, country-level coordinators, legal advisors, and long-standing government partnerships formalized through MoUs (e.g., the Consortium with The Aspinall Foundation and Wildlife Conservation Society in Congo). Customer/government relationships are embedded and renewal-by-renewal rather than transactional.

Name

EAGLE Network

Legal name

EAGLE Network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement)

Website

https://eagle-enforcement.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EAGLE Network is a non-governmental organization that supports wildlife law enforcement across six African countries, working with government ministries to investigate, arrest, and prosecute major wildlife traffickers through a model spanning investigations, arrests, legal follow-up, and media exposure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildlife Law Enforcement

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildlife Conservation & Species Protection (BPAGAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife, Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation Administration (BPAIAMAG), Conservation & Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (BPAGAIAI)

Keywords

• Wildlife law enforcement
• Anti-trafficking operations
• Environmental crime prosecution
• Anti-corruption enforcement
• Conservation NGO

Headquarters

HQ city

Multiple locations

HQ country

Cameroon

HQ region

Africa

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a nonprofit organization, EAGLE Network operates through donations from individuals and institutions. The organization maintains transparency through published financial records and donor regulations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EAGLE Network (Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement) is a non-governmental organization that fights wildlife crime in Africa through an integrated four-pillar model: investigations to infiltrate criminal networks, arrest operations targeting major wildlife traffickers, legal follow-up to secure convictions and prison sentences, and media activities to deter wildlife crime through public awareness. The organization supports government wildlife authorities in countries including Cameroon, Congo, Uganda, Togo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Senegal, and has jailed more than 3,000 significant wildlife traffickers to date.

Product overview

EAGLE Network is not a technology product company. It is a non-profit wildlife crime enforcement organization operating across 6 African countries (Cameroon, Guinea, Togo, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Uganda). The organization provides activism services focused on wildlife law enforcement, including investigations to infiltrate criminal networks, conducting arrest operations of wildlife traffickers, legal follow-up to ensure prosecution and imprisonment, and media activities to raise public awareness. They also operate a Super Volunteer program for recruiting and training activists. The organization does not offer software products, platforms, or digital tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LAGA - Last Ambassadors for Nature and Wildlife (Cameroon)
• PALF - Panafrican Alliance for Wildlife Law Enforcement (Congo)
• EAGLE Togo
• EAGLE Uganda
• EAGLE Guinea
• EAGLE Ivory Coast
• EAGLE Senegal
• Investigations Service
• Arrest Operations Service
• Legal Follow-up Service
• Media Exposure Service
• Anti-Corruption Enforcement Service
• Super Volunteer / Activist Training Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 significant wildlife traffickers jailed to date
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• U.S. GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 January 2018The U.S. Government carried out extensive investigation against the international Vietnamese ivory trafficking ring. EAGLE Network coordinated with the government of Ivory Coast on Operation 'Ivory Stops at Ivory Coast', resulting in arrests and seizures.
• Government of Ivory CoastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 January 2018EAGLE Network coordinated with Ivory Coast government including UCT (Unit Against Transnational Organized Crime) and Ministry of Waters and Areas on major ivory trafficking operations.
• The Aspinall Foundation (TAF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010The Aspinall Foundation is part of the Consortium that signed MoU with Congo's Ministry of Forest Economy. PALF operates under auspices of the Consortium (TAF + WCS) supporting wildlife law enforcement in Congo.
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010WCS is part of the Consortium that signed MoU with Congo's Ministry of Forest Economy in 2010. The Consortium supports PALF's work in Congo including training EAGLE Network members.
• Ministry of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development (MEFDD) - CongocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPALF has supported the Ministry of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development since 2008 under the auspices of the Consortium, following up over 300 wildlife cases across Congo.
• Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEAGLE Uganda works with UWA on anti-trafficking operations, including arrests of wildlife criminals in collaboration with wildlife authorities.
• InterpolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterpol collaboration documented in chimpanzee rescue operations in Guinea (2012) and wildlife enforcement activities. EAGLE received Interpol Eco-message Award in 2007.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Chengeta Wildlife: Chengeta Wildlife trains anti-poaching rangers in Africa and was co-founded by Rory Young, who is also linked to EAGLE's Guinea coordinator Antonia Malina Gustafsson. Both operate in the African ranger-capacity-building and wildlife-law-enforcement niche.

Broad incumbents

• IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare): IFAW is a large animal-welfare and wildlife-protection NGO that runs anti-poaching, anti-trafficking, and policy programs globally. It overlaps with EAGLE on wildlife-crime enforcement and government partnerships, but at a broader animal-welfare portfolio level.
• WWF (World Wildlife Fund): WWF is the largest global conservation organization, with broad programs in species protection, habitat, and policy. Its wildlife crime initiative overlaps with EAGLE's anti-trafficking work, but WWF operates as a portfolio incumbent rather than EAGLE's specialized investigations niche.

Others

• Interpol (Environmental Security Sub-Directorate): Interpol's Environmental Security unit coordinates transnational wildlife-crime investigations and awarded EAGLE the Interpol Eco-message Award in 2007. It functions as an enabler/government counterpart rather than a competitor, but addresses the same trafficking problem at intergovernmental scale.

Direct peers

• TRAFFIC: TRAFFIC is the leading global NGO monitoring wildlife trade, working alongside WWF and IUCN on trafficking intelligence and enforcement support. EAGLE's investigations-and-arrests model is the field-execution complement to TRAFFIC's trade-monitoring role, serving overlapping law-enforcement and government audiences.
• Save the Elephants: Save the Elephants is a specialist NGO focused on elephant conservation, anti-poaching operations, and ivory-trafficking disruption in Africa. It overlaps with EAGLE on ivory-enforcement outcomes and government engagements in key range states.
• Wildlife Conservation Society: WCS is a global wildlife NGO and a documented core partner of EAGLE Network (co-signed the Congo MoU with the Aspinall Foundation supporting PALF since 2010). Both organizations run wildlife law-enforcement and field conservation programs across Africa.
• The Aspinall Foundation: The Aspinall Foundation is part of the Consortium that co-signed the Congo MoU supporting PALF/EAGLE operations since 2010. It runs gorilla and ape conservation projects in Africa and shares EAGLE's on-the-ground wildlife law-enforcement orientation.
• African Wildlife Foundation: AWF is an Africa-focused conservation NGO that supports wildlife law enforcement and ranger capacity across the continent. Both organizations operate in African range states with government partnerships and focus on combating wildlife trafficking as a core program.
• FREELAND Foundation: FREELAND is an anti-wildlife and human trafficking NGO that works with governments in Southeast Asia and Africa to build enforcement capacity. It shares EAGLE's activist, capacity-building model for front-line wildlife crime prosecution and overlaps in target geographies and government partners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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