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3 ivory traffickers arrested with 5 tusks
Cameroon, 11 Apr 20193 ivory traffickers arrested with five tusks of very young elephants and an elephant tail. The LAGA team hit this gang in the south of the country with MINFOF, police and gendarmerie. The first two arrested led the team to the third one that admitted the elephants were killed inside the Dja reserve.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 4 tusks
Gabon, 9 Apr 2019An ivory trafficker arrested in capital city with 4 tusks. Good woork of Conservation Justice with authorities.
2 leopard skin traffickers arrested
Gabon, 8 Apr 20192 traffickers arrested in Gabon. One was arrested in the capital city with two leopard skins, the other one in a town 600 km away.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 3 elephant tusks
Gabon, 24 Mar 20192 ivory traffickers arrested with 3 elephant tusks in the North-East of the country. They were surprised in the act while they were getting ready to sell the tusks. The first trafficker was arrested in the act trying to sell the ivory, the woman was arrested shortly after being monitored by operation team while she was bringing the contraband to the place of transaction. The ivory originated from Congo – Brazzaville.
An ivory trafficker arrested with two carved tusks
Ivory Coast, 20 Mar 2019An ivory trafficker arrested with two carved tusks. The Senegalese national travelled by overnight bus to sell the contraband in the capital city.
4 traffickers arrested, 1.7 tons of pangolin scales and 300 kg of ivory seized
Cameroon, 14 Mar 2019The biggest crackdown on organized trafficking ring in Cameroon this year so far!
A Chinese nad 3 other traffickers arrested with ivory
Senegal, 10 Mar 2019A Chinese arrested at the airport after the CAAT Unit detected ivory in her suitcase. After three days of intense nonstop investigation the 3 traffickers were captured and arrested, including a repeat offender.
2 traffickers arrested with 9 kg of ivory
Togo, 9 Mar 20192 traffickers arrested in the capital city with 9 kg of ivory. These two are linked to networks in Benin and Burkina Faso. The connections are under investigation. Phone evidence shows also a link with gold trafficking. The first trafficker was arrested when he tried to sell the tusk, which was concealed in his house. The ivory was found during a house search. The second trafficker, who was also involved in the transaction, was arrested later.
7 traffickers arrested with 50 kg ivory
Congo, 27 Feb 20197 traffickers arrested with 50 kg ivory, giant pangolin scales and a leopard skin in crackdown against a vast network connected to a corrupt high authority.
3 Senegalese traffickers arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 24 Feb 20193 Senegalese traffickers arrested with two tusks in the south east of the country. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with two leopard skin
Gabon, 19 Feb 20192 traffickers arrested with two leopard skins. Good work of conservation justice with the authorities
2 arrested with 42kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 19 Feb 2019Two arrested with 42kg pangolin scales. The two are specialized traffickers for years. They tried to resist the arrest and escape. The initiative and activism of Egbe Anna to jump after them and of Aime and Serge saved this operation and they are behind bars.
