full of pangolin scales. he doesn t realise it, but the woman he s calling isn t a buyer. she s an undercover investigator. within days, this compound in nigeria is raided. it s the third largest seizure of pangolin scales by the nigeria customs authorities in the past three years. tonnes of pangolin scales and elephant ivory were seized. now the leaders of a major global trafficking gang have been convicted of wildlife crime. 0utwitted by fake buyers and sting operations, a four year global investigation run by a small charity in the netherlands. we meet the young woman who went undercover to help bring the network down. van, not her real name, doesn t want to be identified. i mean, you met these people physically. were you afraid? i was nervous for about 20 seconds. but then after that, i thought, i can do this.
correct. we created a hit man named greg, who s gonna be a hit man for lonnie. to take care of while his third wife. greg was played by an undercover investigator, pete bill. we ve disguised him so he can get more work in the future. how often when you re asked to pose as a hit man is the person that you re supposedly working for already behind bars? in the six cases that i actually pose as a hit man, four of the six were already behind bars. how many of those six cases where men wanting you to kill their wives? six out of six. this has to give you a dim view of men, or at least of husbands. well, at least the ones in custody. tony, the informants, then introduced dragged the hitman, to lonnie. the inmates. i think people maybe from watching tv shows or movies, have this idea that this all happens in one phone call. now, he was definitely feeling me out during the first few conversations. but after he got some bad news that court, he opened up much more with me
as divisional manager, he has his own compound. it felt pretty transactional. even from where i sat as an undercover investigator, i felt pressured. jeremiah continues to push. if my whole life really was pegged on this opportunity, i can only imagine how that encounter would have unfolded. katie s experience with jeremiah follows a pattern other women have described.
was approached by lonnie, who asked tony and another inmate if they re willing to have lonnie s third wife recant her statements and killed. this is a may we re talking about? correct. we created a hit man named greg, who s gonna be a hit man for lonnie. to take care of while his third wife. greg was played by an undercover investigator, pete bill. we ve disguised him so he can get more work in the future. how often when you re asked to pose as a hit man is the person that you re supposedly working for already behind bars? in the six cases that i actually pose as a hit man, four of the six were already behind bars. how many of those six cases where men wanting you to kill their wives? six out of six. this has to give you a dim view of men, or at least of husbands. well, at least once in custody. tony, the informants, then