How to expose hidden timber crime with trade data

Join members of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum for an engaging discussion exploring how to expose hidden timber crime using trade data.

The session, led by the Open Data Working Group, will introduce recent upgrades to the TimberStats Discrepancy Analysis platform. This is an interactive, web-based data platform developed to combat illegal timber trade by identifying significant inconsistencies in global trade records.

Fred Ellis, Wildlife Trade Analyst and Financial Specialist at TRAFFIC, will demonstrate the upgraded platform, Trade Discrepancy Analysis methods and show how they are used in practice. This will include case examples of how the tool helps customs officials, law enforcement and the financial sector identify companies at risk of timber smuggling, document fraud, tax evasion or trade-based money laundering.

The meeting is open to current members of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum and its Open Data Working Group, as well as those potentially interested in joining. It takes place in English on 14 October 2026 at 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EST.

Speakers:

• Fred Ellis, Wildlife Trade Analyst & Financial Specialist at TRAFFIC
• James Stevens, Programme Manager at TRAFFIC