An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 large fresh elephant tusks
Gabon, 29 Aug 2017
An ivory trafficker, a repeat offender, arrested with 2 large fresh elephant tusks in Franceville as he attempted to sell the contraband in a courtyard of a hotel. He was previously arrested for ivory trafficking in 2014, while carrying 4 tusks on a train to the capital city, and he spent 6 months in prison. This case points to the necessity of stronger deterring sentences in Gabon, as the current maximum penalty is one of the weakest in Africa.
