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A pangolin scale trafficker arrested with 50 kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 9 Apr 2020A pangolin scale trafficker arrested with 50 kg of pangolin scales. Despite the link of pangolins with the Covid-19 pandemic, pangolin scales traffickers still calmly carry out their illegal trade.
4 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin
Cameroon, 3 Apr 2020Despite the Corona pandemic, the LAGA team pulled through and forward. 4 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin in a border town crossing to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks
Gabon, 17 Mar 2020An ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks in the East of the country. The Cameroonian national was arrested in the act during an attempt to sell the ivory. Due to limited transport possibilities during the Covid-19 pandemic, he was not sent to the court at capital city but was kept in jail in Franceville court of first instance.
4 traffickers arrested with 20 kg of hippo teeth and skulls
Senegal, 7 Mar 20204 traffickers arrested with 20 kg of hippo teeth and skulls and 20 packages of ammunition near Gambia border. One of them was already wanted for 18 different crimes. First two traffickers were arrested in the act when trying to sell the hippo ivory, concealed in a rice bag. They were also carrying 5 packs of ammunition of caliber 12. A house search in their village was carried out in an area with high security risk. It was supported by two army units. It led to an arrest of two more traffickers, one of them, a Gambian national, already wanted for his involvement in drugs trafficking and other crimes.
A trafficker arrested with 5 large leopard skins
Cameroon, 24 Feb 2020A trafficker arrested with 5 large leopard skins. When arrested, he was wearing an ivory bracelet on his wrist, showing audacity in caring the illegal activities with a sense of impunity. He is a part of a network of leopard skins traffickers operating in the West Region of the country, he often travels around to collect the contraband. He owns a shop at one of the main markets in Bafoussam, the capital of the West Region.
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.
