Podcast appearances and mentions of julian rademeyer

On today's Change Agents, Andy discusses illegal wildlife trade and its connection to global organized crime with Julian Rademeyer. Julian is the Director of the Organized Crime Observatory for East and Southern Africa at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. He is also a former project leader at TRAFFIC, and the author of "Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade." If you want to learn more about Julian's work, follow him on X @ julianrademeyer and to see more about the efforts to protect rhinos from poaching, you can check out: https://www.savetherhino.org/ Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠ HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA This 4th of July, make Horizon part of your celebration. Don't miss HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, with Chapter One in theaters June 28th and Chapter Two in theaters August 16th. Join the Frontier Pass at Fandango.com for exclusive content and tickets. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. OnX Offroad Start your adventure with a 7-day free trial and experience the difference. Download onX Offroad today and elevate your offroading experience at https://www.onxmaps.com/offroad/app

Today's guest is Julian Rademeyer. Julian is an award-winning author, investigative journalist, and one of the key figures in the global fight against organized crime's illegal wildlife trade. Julian previously served as chief reporter for Media24 Investigations, the Southern Africa editor of AfricaCheck.org, and was a project leader at TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network. His writing has appeared in major South African newspapers like City Press, Beeld, The Sunday Times, Pretoria News, and The Herald, and he has worked for global news organizations, including the Associated Press and Reuters. His bestselling 2012 book, Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade, achieved widespread international acclaim for its unflinching look at the demand for rhino horn from Asian markets fueling its illegal trade and the organized criminal syndicates bringing rhinos to the brink of extinction.  Julian currently serves as director of the Organized Crime Observatory for East and Southern Africa at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. On today's DANGER CLOSE, he looks at the Wagner Group's influence in Africa.  You can follow him on Twitter @julianrademeyer SPONSORS: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today's episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at navyfederal.org Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today's episode is also brought to you by Black Rifle. Purchase at http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/dangerclose and use code: dangerclose20 at checkout for 20% off your purchase and your first coffee club order! Danger Close Apparel: Check out the new Danger Close apparel.  American Giant: Go to American-giant.com/jack and get 20% off with discount code “JACK” at checkout  1st Phorm: Go to 1stphorm.com/JACKCARR to receive free shipping on any orders over $75.  Hooten Young Whiskey - visit https://shop.hootenyoung.com/products/hooten-young-jack-carr-warrior-proof-american-whiskey Featured Gear SIG: Today's featured gear segment is sponsored by SIG Sauer. You can learn more about SIG here. Ball and Buck Casio G-Shock SIG P320 Small Arms of WWII: USA  Jocko Fuel

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reactions on the African continent were and still are divided. Africa remains the voting block with the most abstentions at the UN-resolutions on the war. Although being a minor economical player compared to the USA, China, or the EU, it seems that Russia is exercising an outsized degree of political influence across some parts of Africa. One key instrument of Russia's engagement on the continent is the Wagner Group - Yevgeny Prigozhins private military company which is undermining democratic progresses, stability, as well as Western interests. How influential is Russia on the African continent? What are Wagner's prospects and objectives in Africa after the mutiny? And what should African states and international partners do to enhance economic progress and stability? With: Julia Stanyard, Thierry Vircoulon, Julian Rademeyer, “The Grey Zone. Russia's military, mercenary and criminal engagement in Africa”, Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime Report: https://bit.ly/3qAs8jA Executive Summary: https://bit.ly/44igkAl and Priyal Singh, “Russia-Africa relations in an age of renewed great power competition”, Institute for Security Studies Report: https://bit.ly/3OJYws2 Executive Summary: https://bit.ly/47CVyhx

Organized crime in South Africa threatens the economy, its people and the democratic institutions themselves. Every day we see a number of different and seemingly unconnected criminal incidents taking place - from assassinations to gang rapes in an illegal mining community; and from the violence of the taxi industry to organized cooper theft. But what lies behind all of these actions is a dark web, a criminal ecosystem driven by an increasingly violent South African underworld.In this episode Steph Musho talks to Julian Rademeyer, the Director of the East and Southern African Observatory at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime about a new and substantial report called 'Assessing South Africa's organized crime risk'.

South Africa is facing an existential threat due to increasing rates of murder, extortion and kidnapping. This is according to a report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime that has highlighted that murder has risen 38% since 2010. The organisation further says there is also a R187 billion annual impact from infrastructure theft such as the looting of copper-power-cables. Jon Gericke spoke to Director for the East and Southern Africa observatory, Julian Rademeyer.

How has organized crime changed between 2019 and 2021 on the African Continent? This huge continent boasts a wealth of natural resources, biodiversity and a young population. But Africa is also a key source and transit hub for illicit goods and behaviour - from human trafficking to arms smuggling and from the illegal wildlife trade to environmental crimes. In this episode Thin talks with Julian Rademeyer, the Director of the Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in East and Southern Africa at the GI-TOC. Presenter: https://twitter.com/thinink?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Thin Lei Win) Speakers: Julian Rademeyer, Director of the Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in East and Southern Africa and author of 'Killing for Profit – Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade'. Additional Links: (Paper) https://africa.ocindex.net/assets/downloads/enact_report_2021.pdf (Evolution of Crime in a Covid World: A comparative analysis of organised crime in Africa, 2019–2021) https://africa.ocindex.net/ (Africa Organized Crime Index) https://ocindex.net/ (OCIndex.net) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.

Howie just sent a great letter, in response to Kedar Gore of the Corbett Foundation.  I wanted to include it here as a summary of the the work we are involved in re: CITES   “The ITC existed under that name for a number of years with Judy Mills as the Moderator and had funding for her role.  I don't recall the exact years but I recall 2009 so may a few years after as well.  It does not formally exist now but some of the organizations continue to work together. Most if not all are members of the Species Survival Network which we joined only a few months ago.  A significant part of our role back in the ITC was to create awareness among the international players of the detrimental role the US captive situation has on the conservation of the cats in the wild.  That is now well recognized and we can talk about it if you like.   If you have not read Judy's book Blood of the Tiger I highly recommend it.  Over her career Judy worked both on the ground exposing illegal trade and at the high level representing large NGOs and then ITC at CITES etc.  She was privy to private conversations, particularly with representatives of Asian countries, that gives her an insight that third party reporters do not have access to.   This year was our first participation in CITES.  We worked with EIA, Judy Mills individually who was one of the people representing us there, Born Free etc in a number of ways.  We helped fund and organize a side event devoted to the tiger.   The event was hosted by South African author and journalist Julian Rademeyer, who is known for his work investigating rhino horn trade. Our featured speakers were 1) Bittu Sahgal, a renowned and charismatic Indian tiger/climate change activist and writer, who is the founding editor of Sanctuary Asia, India's premier wildlife and ecology magazine, known for its work enlisting children in wildlife conservation, and 2) Bui Thi Ha, Education for Nature-Vietnam's 's vice director and head of the policy and legislation team, who is a feisty young lawyer and goes after the bad guys with great courage, ensuring enforcement agencies prosecute wildlife crime offenders to the full extent of the law.   What I am leading up to with this perhaps too long explanation is that after CITES an informal group has formed to continue the work on CITES issues.  It does not have a name like ITC but operates similarly.  We just had our first conference call this past week. The focus was following up on the effort to create standards for rescue centers.   You probably know that the major victory at CITES was preserving the 2007 language about tiger farms that the Chinese were hoping to eliminate.  One exciting development was, Laos announced their intention to eliminate their tiger farms. A great step, now they face the difficult task of figuring out how to do that, the big problem of course being what to do with perhaps 700 tigers.  A portion of this group is working on that. In both cases, while there is no formal leader, EIA seem to be taking on the role of organizing the effort.  We feel that that ending the tiger farms and efforts to legitimize sale of parts and derivatives is key to the survival of the tiger in the wild.   Carole had a long history with ITC but involvement in CITES and these efforts is new to us.  I think I have characterized this accurately but have copied my two colleagues who have been more involved.   Sooo, given all that, if you would like to be part of these group efforts, I would be happy to make an introduction to Debbie Banks at EIA if you do not know her, which is probably the best way to get a better understanding of the efforts and see if you want to get involved?”   Howard Baskin Advisory Board Chairman Big Cat Rescue   Hi, I'm Carole Baskin and I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/   I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.     You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile   You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org   Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue   Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.  Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk

Today's guest on Danger Close is Julian Rademeyer. Julian is an award-winning author, investigative journalist, and one of the world's leading authorities on illicit wildlife trafficking.     Julian served as a project leader at TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network, and as the Southern Africa editor of AfricaCheck.org.  As an investigative journalist he worked for leading South African newspapers including City Press, Beeld, The Sunday Times, Pretoria News and The Herald and as the chief reporter for Media24 Investigations along with global news organizations to include the Associated Press and Reuters reporting from Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Belarus, and Lebanon.     His bestselling 2012 book, Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade, has achieved widespread international acclaim for its unflinching look at the demand for rhino horn from Asian markets fueling its illegal trade and the organized criminal syndicates bringing rhinos to the brink of extinction.     Julian currently serves as Director of the Organized Crime Observatory for East and Southern Africa at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.  You can follow him on Twitter @julianrademeyer.  Featured Gear: TG Knives Sika Camel Trophy: The Definitive History Patriot Force Jack Carr Action Figure

Dinner with my darling at Whisky Joes on the Causeway See our sign at top left? They are a supporter of the sanctuary. Vets and Reporters I am up early today because Dr. Tammy Miller Michau and Dr. Liz Wynn Swearingen want to sedate Simba Leopard to look at his eye. He has a hole in the cornea that I wanted to treat w/ eye drops, rather than sedate him for extensive surgery. He's so old and I expect to lose him every day, so it seems unfair to put him through this, but now they are saying it could be a fungal infection and that could hurt him a lot more, so we are going to sedate at 9 am this morning. 10 am: Dr. Miller thinks his eye is healing better than expected and opted to not do surgery today. Whew! Another bullet dodged. Before leaving I had to respond to a time sensitive report in the UAE: Hi Carole, I feel as if you are more qualified to answer this journalist's query. Do you have time today? Best, Judy From: Megha Subject: Urgent journalist request: Comment about condition of circus animals in the UAE: Hi Judy, Julian Rademeyer suggested I contact you. I'm a journalist at 7DAYS - the only independent daily newspaper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I'm working on a story you might be interested in and wanted to share, as well as ask if you might be able to comment. It's about a lion and two tigers that have been living in deplorable conditions for months at a circus site in Dubai. Attached is a picture of the lion and below are links to the videos of the tigers (being made to practice tricks with the trainer using a rake and a shovel to direct them). The circus shut three months ago but the animals have been living in these stuffy conditions (pictured) all this while. The current temperature is 32 degrees celsius and we've had several severe dust storms over the past few months. Since the media attention about their living conditions, the tigers have disappeared and a witness claims to have seen people making offers to buy them in public about an hour away from the circus site. I was hoping you would be able to share your thoughts with me, from a global perspective, on the impact of these conditions on the animals, and what it means for the species. Any UAE-specific data you may have would be useful too. My deadline is end of play today - Monday, March 23. However, if you are able to assure me of a comment after the deadline I will hold the story another day. Please note, the links to the videos are currently unlisted and confidential. Thanks very much for listening. Look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Megha P.S. Sorry I haven't read your book, but I hope to get my hands on a copy over the summer now that I've learned about it from Julian. Dear Megha, Judy Mills asked if I would share my perspective on how lions and tigers, being treated this way, affects global populations. The conditions you show are truly deplorable and my heart aches for cats being so deprived of everything they need to be the magnificent animals they are. Seeing the training that goes on behind the scenes is something most people are never going to see. If people knew the animals are beaten, starved and sometimes even killed in the process, they would not go to circuses or wild animal performances. The evil people who use wild animals for such ventures are smart enough to hide what they do and to lie about it. They will always tell their audience that they only use positive reinforcement and praise. The fact of the matter is that they must carry something with them into the ring, when in front of a crowd, to make the cats think they have the weapons that were used during training. The whips look like long sticks to the cats and are the reminder to do the trick or be hit. I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/ I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet. You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile! Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.

The tightening of international sanctions against North Korea is helping to fuel the illicit ivory trade in Africa as the increasingly isolated country searches for new ways to generate revenue, according to a new report from the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. Much of that ivory, according to the report, is destined for the black market in China. Although China announced in January that it would outlaw the domestic ivory trade, consumer demand appears to remain strong as the wholesale price for raw ivory hovers around $1,100 per kilo. North Korea's role in the African ivory trade is largely confined to "buying and bagging," said Julian Rademeyer, the report's author and an acclaimed South African environmental investigative journalist. North Korean officials, he added, are often able to easily move their illegal contraband as diplomatic cargo so it usually goes unchecked by local customs authorities. Julian joins Eric & Cobus to discuss his findings on North Korea's role in the illegal ivory trade between China and Africa.  Join the discussion. How do you think African governments should respond to the news that North Korean diplomats stationed in their countries may be involved in illegal ivory smuggling? Let us know what you think. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque | Julian Rademeyer

Renosterhoringsmokkel-sindikate se patroon is besig om te verander. Die Wildlewe Handels Moniteringsnetwerk, TRAFFIC, het pas 'n verslag bekend gemaak oor renosterhoringsmokkelhandel in Suid-Afrika. Julian Rademeyer wat saam met Traffic aan die verslag gewerk het, sê dit raak al moeiliker om horings die land uit te smokkel. Sindikate sny dus die horing in kleiner stukke op, onder owerhede se neuse.

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.

Zimbabwe's budget provided a fascinating insight into the country's economy last week. Ben Carter looks at what the numbers mean for the future prosperity of Zimbabwe and the challenges the nation faces. The programme hears from David Blair, Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Daily Telegraph, Julian Rademeyer, director of fact checking website Africa Check and Russell Lamberti, author of When Money Destroys Nations.This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

It is claimed white South Africans are being systematically killed because of the colour of their skin, but do the crime statistics back this up? No, explains Julian Rademeyer from Africa Check and Johan Burger from the Institute of Security Studies in Pretoria. Presenter: Ruth Alexander. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.

Join us today with special guest, investigative journalist Julian Rademeyer as we discuss his book Killing For Profit, which reads like an international thriller, but is a terrifying true story of greed, corruption, and ruthless criminal enterprise centered around the illegal trafficking of rhino horn and wildlife. This is a compelling, meticulous and revelatory account of one the worlds most secretive trades aiding in the decimation of one of our world's unique endangered species, the Rhino. Since publication, Mr. Rademeyer attended the CITES 2013 in Bangkok, reporting first hand the human folly and convoluted international conservation policies, politics, players and loopholes which undermine the global efforts to save the rhino from extinction.