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An ivory trafficker arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 18 Feb 2020An ivory trafficker arrested at North-East of the country with two tusks. He is Beninese, living in Gabon, he has been in the spot of authorities since 2015. He remains behind bars in the capital city awaiting trial.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 14 Feb 20202 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 tusks cut in ten pieces at the East of the country. First of them, a former teacher, currently working as an ambulance driver, was arrested in the act. The ivory was concealed in a bucket and hidden near the place of transaction. He denounced the second trafficker, who was arrested a day later. They have connections to an ivory trafficking ring crushed in last October, operating in Gabon and Congo.
An Algerian parrot trafficker arrested at the airport in Dakar with 131 parrots
Senegal, 7 Feb 2020An Algerian parrot trafficker arrested at the airport in Dakar with 131 Senegal parrots and Rose-ringed parakeets. He was arrested on the board of a plane to Algeria at the last moment before taking off. The birds were concealed in two small suitcases, suffering by dehydration, malnutrition and injuries. They were quickly transported to a veterinarian to receive adequate care. After five days of recovery most of them could be released back to the wild.
2 leopard skin traffickers arrested with a leopard skin
Benin, 3 Feb 20202 leopard skin traffickers arrested with a leopard skin in the central part of the country. They travelled to the place of transaction on a motorbike with the skin carefully concealed in a jute bag. They were swiftly arrested, and they remind behind bars awaiting trial.
2 ivory traffickers, one of them corrupt military man, arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 17 Jan 2020Two ivory traffickers, one of them corrupt military man, arrested with two tusks in the capital city. One of them brought the tusks from South of the country to sell them and the military man accompanied him to protect him for arrest during the transaction. They are both behind bars facing a sentence of 10 years in jail thanks to the new legislation adopted by Gabonese Parliament last year.
3 ivory traffickers including a repeat offender arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 14 Jan 20203 ivory traffickers including a repeat offender arrested with 2 tusks in the North of the country. The repeat offender was arrested in August 2013 with support of Conservation Justice with ten tusks. He was sentenced to 6 months in absentia as he was released on bail before the court hearing. Although an arrest warrant was issued, he never got back to jail.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 tusks
Gabon, 8 Jan 20203 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 tusks in the central part of the country. Two of them were arrested in the attempt to sell the tusks cut in several pieces. After the arrest they denounced the head of the gang, who is a teacher in nearby town. He was swiftly arrested the same day and a hunting gun was found in his house.
PALF team saved a baby chimp on Christmas
Congo, 24 Dec 2019PALF team was fighting hard and saved a baby chimp, which was held in North-East of the country illegally.
A leopard skin trafficker arrested on Christmas Eve
Senegal, 24 Dec 2019 A leopard skin trafficker arrested on Christmas Eve with one leopard skin near Guinean border. The trafficker was swiftly arrested in the act in a restaurant with the skin concealed in a black backpack., He was connected to a network of Guinean poachers, supplying him with skins, which he had been selling in Senegal for at least two years. He is also involved in gold mining. He remains behind bars awaiting trial.
A military man arrested with a live mandrill
Congo, 28 Nov 2019A military man arrested with live mandrill with illegally issued permit in the North of the country. The young animal was transported to Tchimpounga Rehabilitation Centre for life-long care.
4 ivory traffickers arrested with 128 kg of ivory
Gabon, 20 Nov 20194 ivory traffickers arrested in the North of the country with 128 kg of ivory. One of them is a Cameroonian, well connected to trafficking rings in Cameroon.
2 ivory traffickers, one of them repeat offender, arrested with 2 tusks
Cameroon, 13 Nov 20192 ivory traffickers, one of them repeat offender, arrested with 2 tusks weighing 20kg. They are part of an international trafficking ring based close to the border between Central African Republic and Cameroon and operating between the two countries.
