3 hippo ivory traffickers arrested
Uganda, 20 Jul 2016
3 traffickers arrested with 57 hippo teeth. One of them has been arrested by police in the past and bribed his way out with the reported amount of about 600 USD. The work of the team is to intercept corruption attempts and combat them, so this time the criminal had bad luck. The amount of the hippo teeth is equal to 15 massacred hippos. Few days later a public official of the local authority and a representative of a local parish, arrived to the police station and offered a bribe of 650 USD to the police officials attempting to release the trafficker. The bribing attempt was documented on video, the official was arrested and will be prosecuted by special anti-corruption court.