An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 12 Aug 2016
An ivory trafficker arrested in his jewellery shop. The house search revealed 2 tusks, 24 leopard teeth, 50 elephant hair bracelets and 3 elephant tails. For many years, this Senegalese trafficker had been running a small shop with jewellery, famous for products derived from protected animals. In addition to gold, silver, diamond and bronze, he was trading ivory, leopard teeth and other parts of protected animals to produce necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery. These contrabands were particularly sought after by Asian customers.
