Dismantle the networks behind environmental crime.
Connect field observations, geospatial data, transport records, and financial intelligence to identify the networks behind environmental crime and the people profiting from it.
Problem
Environmental crime crosses borders. Intelligence stays in silos.
Different organizations hold different pieces.
Rangers, NGOs, transport providers, financial institutions, and enforcement agencies each see part of the activity. Their records rarely come together in one investigation.
Cross-border connections stay hidden.
People, companies, routes, and payments appear in separate records across jurisdictions. Teams may be investigating the same network without seeing the links.
Collected intelligence does not become shared action.
Teams collect evidence but struggle to connect their findings and get relevant intelligence to the organizations positioned to intervene.
$281B
Up to $281 billion annually
Estimated annual criminal gains from environmental crime, including illegal logging, wildlife trade, and waste trafficking. The published range is USD 110–281 billion, based on a 2018 estimate.
Source: FATF · Environmental Crime; estimate year documented by OECD (2023) (opens in a new tab)
What is Ardence?
Ardence is an AI investigation platform built for all-source intelligence. For environmental crime investigations, teams can connect field observations, geospatial data, seizures, transport documents, company registries, routes, identities, and payments to the wider criminal network.
How it works
Connect evidence to the criminal network.
Connect
A ranger's observation, shipment record, and company address may point to the same operation. Bring those records together to find links that separate teams and systems can miss.
- Compare field observations and geospatial data with routes, vessels, and transport records
- Link recurring people, companies, locations, and infrastructure across sources
- Connect findings held by different agencies and partner organizations, preserving their source
Resolve
A record may stop at a broker, carrier, or company. Combine company registries, identities, logistics, and financial evidence to identify who coordinates the activity and who benefits.
- Identify directors, beneficial owners, brokers, and related companies
- Compare company and identity records with routes, assets, and logistics providers
- Connect organizers and beneficiaries to the activity under investigation
Trace
Connect available payment records with the people and companies in the case. Where cryptocurrency is involved, trace transactions to identify services and counterparties that may reveal how the network receives or moves proceeds.
- Trace cryptocurrency transactions and identify receiving wallets and services
- Compare financial records with companies, transport activity, and known operators
- Identify financial intermediaries and prepare leads for further records requests
Act
Use the combined evidence to identify the agency, carrier, financial institution, or partner positioned to act. Give that team a source-linked account of the network and the findings relevant to its role.
- Identify recurring routes, entities, and consignors for screening or investigation
- Prepare evidence for enforcement action, legal process, or partner referral
- Share relevant findings under each organization's policies and legal authorities
Connect
A ranger's observation, shipment record, and company address may point to the same operation. Bring those records together to find links that separate teams and systems can miss.
- Compare field observations and geospatial data with routes, vessels, and transport records
- Link recurring people, companies, locations, and infrastructure across sources
- Connect findings held by different agencies and partner organizations, preserving their source
Resolve
A record may stop at a broker, carrier, or company. Combine company registries, identities, logistics, and financial evidence to identify who coordinates the activity and who benefits.
- Identify directors, beneficial owners, brokers, and related companies
- Compare company and identity records with routes, assets, and logistics providers
- Connect organizers and beneficiaries to the activity under investigation
Trace
Connect available payment records with the people and companies in the case. Where cryptocurrency is involved, trace transactions to identify services and counterparties that may reveal how the network receives or moves proceeds.
- Trace cryptocurrency transactions and identify receiving wallets and services
- Compare financial records with companies, transport activity, and known operators
- Identify financial intermediaries and prepare leads for further records requests
Act
Use the combined evidence to identify the agency, carrier, financial institution, or partner positioned to act. Give that team a source-linked account of the network and the findings relevant to its role.
- Identify recurring routes, entities, and consignors for screening or investigation
- Prepare evidence for enforcement action, legal process, or partner referral
- Share relevant findings under each organization's policies and legal authorities
Environmental crime investigations.
Intelligence
Intelligence built for environmental crime investigations.
TRM proprietary intelligence
Identify connections to the wider network.
Use TRM's intelligence on entities, wallets, and financial activity to investigate the people and organizations connected to environmental crime.
Blockchain intelligence
Trace cryptocurrency linked to the activity.
When digital assets form part of the case, connect wallets, services, and transactions to the people and organizations receiving or moving proceeds.
All-source intelligence
Dozens of data partners. One investigation platform.
Ardence brings intelligence from TRM and specialized data providers into one investigation under a single Ardence contract.¹
Use Ardence to analyse geospatial data, transport records and company information alongside field observations and financial evidence from your team and participating organizations. Commercial partner intelligence and open-source information help teams investigate the wider network, subject to each source's permitted-use and disclosure restrictions.
¹ Provider availability varies by customer and jurisdiction. Supplemental terms may apply.
Services
Expert support and training for environmental crime investigators.
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Investigative support
Work with TRM specialists to connect financial evidence with people, companies, and activity in an environmental crime case, and prepare findings for your team's next action.
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TRM Academy
Build skills in tracing cryptocurrency and reviewing financial evidence through TRM Academy.
Community
Turn shared intelligence into collective action.
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Project Pangolin
Project Pangolin brings participating organizations together to connect intelligence and build cases against environmental crime networks. Field, transport, and financial perspectives help teams investigate the same activity across borders.
Disruption Sprints
Recurring events that bring investigators and partners together to work live cases and carry out coordinated disruptions against environmental crime networks.
Questions
FAQ
Start with the evidence available to your team: a field observation, location, transport document, company, seizure record, or payment. Ardence helps connect it with other records and identify the next investigative lead.
Payments and financial relationships can help identify who funds, facilitates, and profits from environmental crime. Connect them with field observations, logistics, and company records. When cryptocurrency is involved, blockchain intelligence adds transaction paths and wallet attribution.
Ardence brings blockchain intelligence from Forensics into a broader investigation alongside other evidence. Forensics provides a dedicated platform for deeper crypto tracing and analysis.
Ardence helps teams connect people, companies, locations, infrastructure, and activity across records and cases. Project Pangolin brings participating organizations together around shared investigations. Information sharing remains subject to each participant's policies and legal authorities.
TRM helps investigators connect intelligence and document the networks behind environmental crime. Authorized agencies, courts, and institutions make seizure, forfeiture, and enforcement decisions.
