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3 traffickers arrested with a human skull!
Congo, 28 May 20213 traffickers arrested with a human skull! A piece of leopard skin and a tomb cross found under their bed are some of the other disturbing findings in this investigation as admitting trading cocaine.
3 traffickers arrested with 110kg of pangolin scales
Ivory Coast, 22 May 20213 traffickers arrested with 110kg of pangolin scales, representing the killing of up to 550 pangolins (depending on the species). Great work of Gaspard and Rens with their team and the authorities, in Yamoussoukro.
2 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a piece of ivory
Congo, 20 May 20212 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a piece of ivory. Good work of Tiffany abs her PALF team with the authorities.
Two traffickers arrested with more than 70kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 19 May 2021Two traffickers arrested with more than 70kg pangolin scales, representing up to 175 slaughtered pangolins (depending on the species). Good work of the LAGA team with the authorities netting a man who tried every trick in the book to avoid arrest saying he has been arrested in the past.
A baby chimp rescued and a trafficker arrested.
Cameroon, 10 May 2021A baby chimp rescued and a trafficker arrested. A high risk, nerve-racking cross river operation as courage and initiative saved our investigator and a baby chimp from the hands of a trafficker .
A trafficker arrested with 5 elephant tusks
Gabon, 4 May 2021A trafficker arrested with 5 elephant tusks. Good work of conservation Justice with the authorities.
4 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 ivory tusks
Togo, 23 Apr 20214 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 ivory tusks. Two traffickers came from Benin and served as intermediaries to the owners in Benin.
3 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks
Burkina Faso, 22 Apr 20213 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks. Good work of Josias and his RALF team with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 4 leopard skins
Senegal, 14 Apr 20212 traffickers arrested with 4 leopard skins! Cecile’s team travelled almost a thousand kilometres to the extreme south of the country. The Ramadan-fasting team met with 48 degrees heat (52 in vehicles and police station!).
3 traffickers arrested with 6 ivory tusks
Togo, 14 Apr 20213 traffickers arrested in Lomé with 6 ivory tusks. The ivory came from Burkina Faso, as does the owner, and was stocked in Ghana. The two other traffickers have Togolese and Nigérien nationality.
A trafficker arrested with 30 crocodile skins
Burkina Faso, 31 Mar 2021A trafficker arrested with 30 crocodile skins, cross border trafficking through Ghana. Good work of Josias with the RALF team and the authorities.
2 primate traffickers arrested and a small mandrill rescued
Congo, 19 Mar 20212 primate traffickers arrested and a small mandril rescued in the South West of the country. Great work of Tiffany and her PALF team with the Congolese authorities.
