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2 traffickers arrested with 37 kg of pangolin scales
Togo, 5 Dec 20182 traffickers arrested with 37 kg of pangolin scales in Lome. Pangolins are still getting massacred for the illegal trade in their scales.
3 traffickers arrested with more than 500 wildlife skins
Senegal, 1 Dec 20183 traffickers arrested with more than 500 wildlife skins, including at least 3 lions, several leopards cut into pieces and 5 more protected species.
A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
Guinea, 1 Dec 2018A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
A corrupt military man arrested with 2 ivory tusks
Congo, 27 Nov 2018A corrupt military man arrested with 2 ivory tusks. He is a member of a forest infantry battalion, operating at the border with the Central African Republic, an army unit supporting ecoguards in combating the trafficking of weapons and wildlife products. He transported the ivory concealed in army bag an used his function to deceive the authorities at control posts.
A Cameroonian trafficker arrested with 4 tusks
Gabon, 5 Nov 2018A Cameroonian trafficker arrested with four tusks. Again good work of Conservation Justice team with the authorities.
A Malian trafficker arrested with 4 tusks
Gabon, 3 Nov 2018A Malian trafficker arrested with Ivory and an elephant tail. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 large tusks
Congo, 31 Oct 20182 traffickers arrested with 2 large tusks. They trafficked the tusks from the Northern part of the country and transported it to the capital city by public transport, concealed in a bag covered with fish for part of the journey, and in an empty cassava flour bag for the rest. They are were operating for many years the trafficking line between DRC and Republic of Congo and connected to a large ring of traffickers, crushed last year when two traffickers, one of them a pastor, were arrested with 30 kg of ivory and prosecuted.
High Guinean Government Official in Jail
Guinea, 22 Oct 2018Mamadou Dia, head of wildlife division in the Ministry in charge of wildlife now in prison ! Dia has created a fraudulent hunting reserve for the Spanish safari hunter arrested recently and took bribes from him. This high level corruption facilitated the slaughter of protected species by hunters from all over the globe under the pretense of this Safari hunting.
3 trafickers including a retired police officer arrested
Gabon, 22 Oct 20183 traffickers arrested with Ivory in Libreville. One is a retired police officer! Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with more than 150 kg of pangolin scales
Ivory Coast, 19 Oct 2018A trafficker arrested yesterday with more than 150 kg of pangolin scales. He was a supplier for the traffickers arrested last year in our operation with 3 tons. Link to Chinese traffickers is being investigated. Rens was leading this good work with the UCT special unit. Privat and Frank worked hard for this arrest.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 252 kg of ivory
Benin, 10 Oct 2018On Wednesday 10 October 2018 3 traffickers were arrested with 167 kg ivory in Cotonou, the capital of Benin. They carried all 167 kg of the ivory in three bags into the hotel room where they were surprised by the operation team, consisting of Police and officers of DGEFC (Direction Générale des Eaux, Forêts et Chasse) and supported by AALF-B team, member of the EAGLE Network, in the middle of the transaction, and all three of them ended behind bars.
2 traffickers arrested with more than 400 ivory pieces
Congo, 2 Oct 2018Great arrest of two DRC traffickers that crossed the Congo river only to be caught by the PALF team with the Gendarmery. 7 big ivory statues, 3 raw ivory pieces, 260 chopsticks(!), 4 necklaces and more 111 other curved Ivory items. Also seized 3 leopard skins. A big seizure and an excellent operation with good abilities from PALF also showing the ramped unchecked illegal trade in Kinshasa.
