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2 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 elephant tusks
Gabon, 11 Dec 20202 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 elephant tusks!
A live animals’ trafficker arrested
Cameroon, 10 Dec 2020A live animals’ trafficker arrested and a young mandrill safely rescued.
3 traffickers arrested with more than 70 kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 3 Dec 20203 traffickers arrested with more than 70 kg of pangolin scales. The team moved fast this morning a hundred kilometers for another arrest operation. Sweaty and covered with dust, Serge, Aime, Gilbert and the rest of the team got LAGA and the Cameroonian authorities to 9 traffickers behind bars in two days !
6 ivory traffickers arrested
Cameroon, 3 Dec 20202 traffickers arrested with 4 tusks in the east of the country. They were hard and cautious targets with connections to Nigeria where they traffic ivory to. 4 more traffickers arrested in another town as follow up! total of 6 traffickers arrested, dismantling their criminal network
An ivory trafficker arrested with 13 pieces of ivory
Gabon, 12 Nov 2020An ivory trafficker arrested with 13 pieces of elephant ivory in the South of the country.
A notorious and longtime parrot trafficker arrested
Cameroon, 4 Nov 2020A notorious and longtime parrot trafficker arrested following the arrest of two parrot traffickers in September.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 5 tusks
Gabon, 2 Nov 2020An ivory trafficker arrested with 5 tusks, cut in 15 pieces. The trafficker of Malian nationality was arrested in the act in the capital city. He remains in jail awaiting trial.
Initiative Afrique - deuxième partie, version française
26 Oct 2020Initiative Africa a diffusé une interview de ofir Drori dans son émission hebdomadaire régulière. L'entretien commence à la 10e minute
Initiative Africa – part two, English version
26 Oct 2020Initiative Africa broadcasted an interview with ofir Drori in it’s regular weekly show. The interview starts at 10th minute
A trafficker arrested with 118 ivory tusks
Cameroon, 21 Oct 2020LAGA provided technical assistance to customs and wildlife officials following the arrest of a trafficker in South of the country with 118 ivory tusks hidden in a secret built-in compartment in a truck he was driving to the capital city.
4 traffickers arrested with 4 tusks
Benin, 17 Oct 20204 traffickers arrested with 4 tusks. Jules the coordinator of the AALF-B project, got a bad road accident in the field, the night before the take down, necessitating a complicated surgery of his broken leg. From hospital bed and in great pain, Jules insisted the arrests go as planned and instructed that Armand would coordinate it in the field. Jules's fighting spirit and the dedication of his team brought down a ring that was a target for a very long time.
