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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.
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.
