Context
The client, an international media outlet, approached TriTrace for expert support in investigating a suspicious foreign trade scheme linked to the illegal movement of protected biological species. The editorial team suspected the existence of a shadow trading channel for rare biological resources and required an analytical and evidentiary basis to prepare a public report with potential international impact.
Objective
The goal was to support the editorial team by searching for and analyzing data on the investigated company, mapping the full supply chain with all involved participants and intermediaries, assessing the hypothesis of shadow exports of rare biological resources circumventing environmental and export laws, and visualizing logistics routes alongside the corporate structure of the implicated entities.
Methodology
Corporate checks through national and international registries
Analysis of foreign trade activity using customs and shipping data
Cross-checking financial statements and operational information
GEOINT assessment of supply routes
Fact-checking
HUMINT and cooperation with local partners
Results
Identified the logistics chain that bypassed restrictions: protected biological species transported from Europe via Russia to China.
Mapped participants in the illegal trade scheme, including European, Russian, and Chinese intermediaries.
Confirmed discrepancies between actual supply routes and declared operations.
Provided the editorial team with visualized diagrams of corporate structures and connections.
Data Sources
Client Impact
TriTrace acted as an independent analytical partner, enabling the editorial team to validate their hypotheses with documented, verified evidence, to strengthen the argumentation of their report, and to broaden their investigation with additional insights.
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