Pour une poignée d'ivoire (For a Fistful of Ivory) is an autobiographical book written by Jean-Claude Vignoli about his work hunting animal traffickers in Africa.
[1] The book explains how, as part of his work with the NGO EAGLE, he helped wipe out a mafia network in Ivory Coast in 2018,[2] including the sentencing of a notorious Vietnamese trafficker to 1.5 years in prison.
The ivory was hidden in hollow boards and sent by boat to the European and Asian markets.
[3] Vignoli describes the physical dangers he faced while tracking down the traffickers, as well as the psychological ones, since he had to think and act like a criminal[4] in order to stop them.
The book aims to raise awareness of the loss of African megafauna, such as elephants, which are disappearing from the continent[5] for financial reasons: a kilo of rhinoceros horn, for example, is traded for $100,000.