First, our world. Baby chimpanzees, just a few months old, seized from the jungles of africa to be sold as pets. Its a shocking and illegal trade. Animals that are our closest relatives in the Natural World are suffering terrible losses. To get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed thats as many as ten adults slaughtered. We infiltrate an animal Smuggling Network that spans the globe. During a year long investigation, we went undercover. How old is he . Two months . Are you still able to follow . We discover that there is far more trafficking than the authorities suspect. You may find some of the scenes in this film disturbing, as we reveal the secret trade in baby chimps. 0urjourney into an underworld of Animal Smuggling began in cairo. For centuries, egypt has been one of the worlds great trading centres. ground floor. Going up. posing as buyers and filming secretly, we found two dealers who said they could get us Baby Chimpanzees. They sent us videos of the animals they had ready. Pitiful sights of infants, recently captured and now destined to be pets or kept in private zoos in the gulf states and asia. But once they grow too big and strong, they are killed or dumped. It was in cairo that we learned how the smugglers operate. There is an international treaty, called cites, that aims to stop the trafficking of rare wildlife, but for the right money, you can obtain one of its official export permits. And one dealer, mahmoud khaled, claimed he could get hold of a cites permit enabling us to export chimps. We paid khaled a deposit. He checked it in his pet store. Publicly he deals in birds. Secretly he was offering much more. Two weeks later, we met him to collect the cites permit. And here it is, an official Export Document falsely filled in and illegally obtained. It seems to be signed and stamped by an official in the government ofjordan. And it shows our address, which was fake. A basic Internet Search would have shown that. We asked khaled about the chimpanzees themselves and what state they would be in when they reached our client. What followed was a downpayment for the chimps. The money came from a Swiss Wildlife Activist who campaigns against the trafficking of chimpanzees. The price . 20,000 each. And these were the animals we were being offered. Khaled told us they were ready for shipping, but then something went wrong. Khaled got nervous and the deal was suddenly off. He was worried about being exposed. We assumed that our investigation was dead. But we werent going to give up. Our focus shifted from the middle east to west africa, to ivory coast one step closer to the source of the illegal trade. The egyptian dealers had always said that the chimpanzees would be flown out of here. In the end, that never happened. But then, right here, we had a breakthrough. Our research led us to an Animal Trader called ibrahima traore. His Facebook Page revealed a boastful personality. It turned out that he had been supplying the egyptians we had been talking to. In a video he sent us, he shows a crate, specially designed for wildlife smuggling. Animals that are allowed to be exported act as a cover for a chimpanzee hidden inside. Ibrahima claimed that he could also get us a cites export permit. We were pretending to be an indonesian pet trader called alex. The dealer, ibrahima, said he was based in guinea but would meet us in abidjan. He sent us pictures showing that he had chimpanzees. Filmed secretly, he told our undercover colleague how he could provide us with chimps. We told him we needed a cites permit first. He quickly got us one, which was stamped National Parks of liberia. Ibrahima then told us what Baby Chimpanzees would cost and he showed us videos to prove that he could deliver. Voice on video hold on, man. This is my son. Ibrahima handed over the cites permit that he had obtained for us. He made this look almost routine. This is where the meeting took place and where this rather flimsy looking but important document was handed over. It is, in effect, a passport allowing us to export live chimpanzees. Now, we should never have been able to get hold of it. The whole point of the International Permit system is to try to stop the trade in endangered animals, but what this reveals is how easily you can get around it. Getting the paperwork sorted was one thing, but then came an agonising wait for the deal itself, keeping watch for the next message and then. This video confirmed that he had a chimpanzee ready for export. The recording used ourfake name and the correct date. Very playful. Ibrahima even showed his face on camera as he had in earlier videos, apparently not worried about incriminating himself. 0ur Undercover Team got ready to see the chimp for themselves. But we werent going into this alone. We briefed interpol and the police in ivory coast, and they prepared a sting. 0ur Undercoverjournalist was going to meet ibrahima to see the animal before confirming the deal, and we were following. Hello, how are you . Were now on our way. 0ur Undercover Colleague is in a car in front of us and he is following the dealer in a taxi, who is meant to be leading him to his house, where the chimpanzees are. We are in convoy with the police and we are told it will be about 30 minutes until we get there. This was the Pivotal Moment in the investigation and it was incredibly tense. If we got too close, we risked being seen, but too far and we would lose them. A Tracking Device helped to guide us along a highway. 0k, 0k, cool. A call from our Undercover Team ahead of us. We were leaving the highway and heading into a maze of dusty streets on the edge of abidjan. We were obviously getting closer. Using a hidden camera, our undercover colleague filmed his arrival at the dealers house. We werent far behind. 0ur Colleague took pictures. His story was that he needed to send proof to a wealthy buyer in indonesia. Then he pretended to ring his client. In fact, this was the signal for the police raid to begin. 0k, thank you. Police initially, there was confusion. The chimpanzee had been hidden. And everyone there denied knowing anything about it. And ibrahima had also vanished. Detectives charged through the neighbourhood. They called on local people to help. Minutes later, the police got their man. Theyve got him . Ibrahima traore had been caught. One minute, hed been discussing a deal that would have earned Him Tens Of Thousands of dollars. Next, he was under arrest. The police then focused on his familys house. They werent taking any chances. Everyone was ordered to the ground. And a search led them to a small room, where they found a Crate Holding a chimpanzee. They speak french. So the police have just made all of these arrests. Its pretty edgy, the atmosphere here, and its all about this, a Baby Chimpanzee taken from thejungle. The real tragedy of this trade is to get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed. Thats as many as ten adults slaughtered just to get one chimp here ready for trade. Wed been advised not to touch the chimp until a vet had checked him. So for a few agonising moments, he was all alone. The police then made a major discovery that this house was a key centre for chimpanzee trafficking. For years, when investigators have been looking for cues about smuggled chimpanzees, theyve often seen these blue tiles in the background of the videos offered by the traders. Well, this is it, what everyone calls the blue room. Its like a Holding Centre for animals on their way to be trafficked abroad. Its time to go. The chimpanzee was taken away into the care of wildlife officials. A crowd gathered outside the house. The cops are getting worried. Many here were beginning to take the side of the men whod been arrested. No filming, sorry the atmosphere was becoming more tense. The police told us that we all had to go. In the back of a car, the baby chimp watched nervously. A new chapter in its short life was about to begin. At the interpol headquarters in abidjan, the questioning began. Ibrahima faced charges related to wildlife trafficking. So did his uncle, mohammed. The chimpanzee was yet again searching for reassurance. He clambered towards the only people he knew. The men whod been holding him captive. The Police Colonel in charge of the operation was clear about why the trafficking had to be stopped. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. The dealers Mobile Phones, a potential Treasure Trove of information about how the smuggling worked and who was involved. After the raid, the action moved here, to lyon in the South Of France and the headquarters of interpol. Those Mobile Phones and laptops were analysed, and an investigation which had started into one dealer in one country suddenly broadened. 0h, his voice. Perfect. Well, so youve got him. Detectives quickly found evidence of global connections, from the hunters in thejungles, to the middlemen, to corrupt officials and ultimately, to the buyers. This was the starting point for dismantling an International Criminal network. The bbc was given access to this material. It revealed a history of Baby Chimpanzees being stocked in this small, blue room, all heading for a life of captivity abroad. 0n ibrahimas mobile phone, a video of a chimpanzee destined for china, a tiny animal that cant have been more than a few weeks old. And on his computer, more cites permits for chimps and other animals set to be traded between countries as distant as china and south africa, nepal and congo. We put this to the head of the cites convention. We showed him the two permits that we had managed to get. Surely it shouldnt be so easy to get hold of the permits that allow you, illegally, to export animals, Intruding Chimpanzees . Yeah, so, people steal permits, people photocopy permits. If you think we can, in 2016, people can make fake currency. Think of all the security that goes around creating a british currency or a us currency. So these permits arent secure . Neither is anybodys currency, because people who are savvy can make counterfeits. They make counterfeit passports. That is admitting defeat in some ways. Absolutely not. It is putting it in context, that if people are criminally minded and they can see a profit in something, they will do what they can to manipulate that system to their advantage, whether it is a passport, a currency, a Drivers License or a cites permit. Exploiting that weakness was ibrahima traore, and it turns out that he comes from a family involved in animal trafficking. His brother, aboubacar, operates from the democratic republic of congo. He was named by cites for illegally trading endangered birds. And his father, alhassane, also seemed to be involved. His bank account was known to be used for payments, including ours, allowing the lucrative trafficking to continue. For interpol to tackle this is a massive undertaking and, until now, governments have wanted it to focus on other threats to wildlife, like the smuggling of ivory and rhino horn. At the moment, chimpanzees are not the priority. Without funding, we cant do anything. But what we are trying to become is more Intelligence Led so we start looking at what the threats are and what Law Enforcement needs to address in order to maintain a level of security. So primates, unfortunately, our Information Holdings is not as strong as it could be. Back in west africa, after a bewildering day, the tiny chimp was hungry but now safe at the zoo in abidjan. The keepers named him nemlijunior. He was most relaxed when clinging to someone. A first look at a chimpanzee family. Later, they may live together, or he will be found a home in a sanctuary. The materialfrom our investigation is being given to the authorities. Ibrahima and his Uncle Mohammed are awaiting trial. The trade wont be stopped overnight, but this one network at least is now out of action. We are forecasting a change in the Wind Direction this week. It is eventually going to be coming out of the east. That means Colder Weather for all of us. Itll take time before it turns colder. I think first, friday is when we might even have some light flurries of snow here and there. Nothing very dramatic. No Snowman Building or anything like that at this stage at least. In the short term, a window of clearer weather across the uk. That means Monday Morning is very chilly, frosty in some areas, and some mist and fog. The main message for Monday Morning is the dense fog, and it could well be very dense in some areas across central and south Eastern Parts of england. That fog is going to disperse. The winds will be picking up. The rain will start this week in to these western areas. I say sweet, in fact it will be moving slowly into Western Parts of the uk. Sweep. Eastern areas will stay dry through the course of the afternoon. As we get into the evening the rain will be mixed with some snow over the pennines, but not too much, but it is mostly across the hills. 0n too much, but it is mostly across the hills. On tuesday, that weather front stalls u nfortu nately the hills. On tuesday, that weather front stalls unfortunately on the east coast of england. That means a grey day. Pretty wet outbreaks of the morning and damp in the afternoon because the rain will be fizzing away through the day. There will be less and less of it as we go through the afternoon. The rest of the country, much brighter, but even when it brightens up across the west and south west, there will still be showers around. 0n and south west, there will still be showers around. On wednesday, another set of Weather Fronts approaching the uk, but they sort of stay offshore. That means again a dry day for most of us on wednesday. Look at what is happening with the winds. They are coming in from the east, they are coming in from the south west, down there we dont know what is going on, but we are in a transition period from something relatively mild to something a little bit colder. What is happening is this area of high pressure, and it is Cold A Blocking High in meteorology, it basically does what it says, it blocks the Weather Fronts from coming through. In fact, this area of low pressure will probably move towards the west. It will go backwards. Eventually the Easterly Winds will wind. Will have won. The Eastern Winds will be pushing the weather a way. And it will feel cold. By day, temperatures, even by the weekend, we are talking about three degrees at best. And itll be mixed with the cloud. And with that comes the risk of wintry flurries. Not just across the hills, but in the towns and cities throughout the midlands, for example. But not an awful lot at this stage. Then we expect this expect this blocking high to stay here. Itll take a lot to shift it. The Easterly Winds will therefore continue. Cold Easterly Winds early next week, we know that, frosty mornings, and a risk of some wintry flurries. That is it from me. Thanks for watching. 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