EAGLE Briefings 2023
eagle-briefing-december-2023-public.pdf, 576.52 KB
- 4 traffickers arrested in Congo and a shipment of 40 primates stopped in Togo
- A trafficker arrested with 7 elephant tusks. He is a priest and carried the ivory in a suitcase and a bag. He travelled over 400 km to Pointe Noire, where he was arrested, with the concealed elephant tusks
- 3 traffickers arrested attempting to trade an African hawk-eagle in Pointe Noire
- EAGLE Togo assisted in stopping the smuggling of 40 primates. A shipment of 40 live primates locked in 3 crates, each divided to 10 tiny cells, left DRC and reached Togo on the way to its final destination, Thailand
eagle-briefing-november-2023-public.pdf, 579.84 KB
- 7 traffickers arrested in 5 countries
- 2 ape traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued in Côte d'Ivoire in a crackdown on a transnational criminal network
- A major trafficker arrested in Senegal with 2 elephant tusks and 80 carved ivory items in a crackdown on a transnational trafficking ring
- A primate trafficker arrested and a drill rescued in Cameroon
- 2 traffickers arrested with 6 pieces of ivory in Congo
- A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Gabon
eagle-briefing-october-2023-public.pdf, 404.15 KB
- 6 traffickers arrested in 4 countries
- 2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and a half in Togo
- 2 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Gabon
- A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Gabon
- A trafficker arrested with an elephant tusk cut into 6 pieces in Congo
eagle-briefing-september-2023-public.pdf, 506.83 KB
- 9 traffickers arrested in 2 countries
- 4 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and 5 ivory pieces all weighing over 27 kg in Congo
- 3 traffickers arrested with 91 kg of pangolin scales in back-to-back arrests in Cameroon
- 2 traffickers, including a military officer, arrested with a leopard skin in Congo
eagle-briefing-august-2023-public.pdf, 552.25 KB
- 12 traffickers arrested in 2 countries
- 9 traffickers arrested in Gabon with 21 elephant tusks weighing 131 kg in a crackdown on a major ivory trafficking ring using hidden compartments in vehicles. The seizure of 21 tusks and 4 ivory pieces is a mere snapshot of the regular activities of this vast network operating for many years with representatives and stations spread all over Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, trafficking ivory between Central and West Africa.
- An ape trafficker arrested, and a baby chimpanzee rescued in Cameroon
- 2 more traffickers arrested with a young mandrill in Cameroon
eagle-briefing-july-2023-public.pdf, 575.7 KB
- 8 traffickers arrested in 4 countries
- 3 ivory traffickers arrested with 6 elephant tusks in Côte d’Ivoire
- 2 traffickers arrested with 19 kg of elephant ivory in Congo
- A trafficker arrested with 4 elephant tusks in Gabon.
- 2 traffickers arrested with 47 kg of pangolin scales in Cameroon
eagle-briefing-june-2023-public.pdf, 400.99 KB
- 4 traffickers were arrested with 45 African grey parrots in Congo
eagle-briefing-may-2023-public.pdf, 442.69 KB
- 11 traffickers arrested in 3 countries
- 5 traffickers arrested with 53 kg of pangolin scales and a hippo tooth in Congo
- 3 traffickers, including a Burkinabe national, arrested with 12 elephant tusks in Gabon
- 3 traffickers arrested with 78 kg of pangolin scales in Cameroon
eagle-briefing-april-2023-public.pdf, 689.39 KB
- 10 traffickers arrested in 4 countries
- 5 traffickers arrested with 126 African grey parrots in a crackdown on a transnational live animals trafficking ring. 2 traffickers arrested with 115 parrots in Abidjan and 3 traffickers arrested with 11 timneh parrots in Dakar
- 4 traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks in Gabon
- A trafficker arrested with 55 kg of pangolin scales in Cameroon
- The Coordinator and the Head of the Legal Department of EAGLE Senegal travelled to Guinea to start the new EAGLE Guinea project
eagle-briefing-march-2023-public.pdf, 471.44 KB
- 10 traffickers arrested in 3 countries
- 4 traffickers arrested with 21 tusks and 13 ivory statues and skins of a lion and a leopard in Togo. The arrest operation seizing 167 kg ivory was a hard one as the traffickers were extremely careful.
- 5 traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks in Gabon. They were arrested during their attempts at selling the elephant tusks.
- A convicted trafficker, who was sentenced to 5 years in prison in Congo in April 2022 and never returned following his release on bail during the trial, was arrested.
eagle-briefing-february-2023-public.pdf, 671.8 KB
- 6 traffickers arrested in 3 countries
- 3 traffickers arrested with 11 elephants tusks in Côte d’Ivoire
- 2 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Gabon
- A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin and other contraband in Senegal
- Ivory trafficking and Poaching, a hard-hitting documentary on Conservation Justice’s work to combat ivory trafficking in Gabon launched
eagle-briefing-december-2022-public.pdf, 598.5 KB
- 4 traffickers arrested in 3 countries
- A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Gabon
- A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks in Congo
- A trafficker arrested in connection to the trafficking ring arrests of November in Senegal - this time the head of the ring got arrested after hiding in Mali
