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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.
A trafficker arrested with two elephant tusks
Gabon, 18 Mar 2021A trafficker arrested with two elephant tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins, a hyena skin and 17 hippo teeth
Senegal, 17 Mar 20212 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins, a hyena skin and 17 hippo teeth in the south of the country.
An ivory trafficker arrested with two elephant tusks.
Benin, 11 Mar 2021An ivory trafficker arrested with two elephant tusks. Good work of AALF-B with the authorities.
A trafficker arrested with more than 100 kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 9 Mar 2021A trafficker arrested with more than 100 kg of pangolin scales! The LAGA team worked with the authorities to get him arrested as he was offloading the bags for a deal.
Two Rwandese traffickers arrested with three elephant tusks
Uganda, 9 Mar 2021Two Rwandese traffickers arrested in Kampala with three elephant tusks. Very good work of URA with Lydia Augustus and the rest of the team.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks.
Gabon, 4 Mar 20212 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
A customs official arrested with live mandrill
Cameroon, 26 Feb 2021A customs official arrested with a live mandrill. He was arrested in the South of the country, close to the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. He travelled with the mandrill clinging on him, as he drove his car for over 40km to sell the animal.
5 traffickers arrested with 60 ivory tusks weighing 114 kg
Ivory Coast, 26 Feb 20215 traffickers arrested with 60 ivory tusks weighing 114 kg. They were arrested in the interior of the country close to the Ghana border in a very small room.
A trafficker arrested with 28 kg ivory
Congo, 22 Feb 2021A trafficker arrested with 8 tusks and 2 ivory pieces weighing 28kg. He transported the ivory on a motorbike to the capital city where he was arrested as he attempted to trade the contraband.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Benin, 16 Feb 20212 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks. A third trafficker is on the run as the team fights to apprehend him.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 166 pieces of sculpted ivory
Ivory Coast, 16 Feb 20213 ivory traffickers arrested with 166 pieces of sculpted ivory. The arrest was difficult because the Team had to do it at their shop in a busy part of the town.
