As wildlife trafficking continues to devastate ecosystems in Central and Western Africa, the prosecution of environmental crimes is becoming increasingly important. However, bringing justice for these crimes is difficult, as many wildlife criminals that are seized or arrested in the region are not prosecuted or receive weak penalties. To combat this problem, several international agencies — the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and the US Department of State’s USAID West Africa Regional Mission — worked to create two workshops educating judges and lawyers on how to prosecute environmental crimes.