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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.
3 traffickers arrested with 14 kg ivory
Benin, 26 Sep 2018A trafficker arrested with 14 kg ivory in Cotonou.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 25 Sep 20183 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 tusks. Good woork of Conservation Justice and authorities.
Carlos Bustamante, a Spanish wildlife criminal, arrested
Guinea, 22 Sep 2018Carlos Bustamante, a Spanish wildlife criminal, arrested. He had illegally rented a hunting reserve in a remote area, abounding in wildlife, where he had organized hunting expeditions for trophy hunters from all around the world, with no respect to any rules, for years.
A Senegalese ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks
Gabon, 21 Sep 2018A Senegalese ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with Gabonese authorities.
4 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 20 Sep 20184 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales in the capital city. Well organized ring was activating the pangolin scales illegal trade with a network of lower level traffickers and poachers in the south of the country.
6 traffickers arrested over 718kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 20 Sep 20184 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales in the capital city. Well organized ring was activating the pangolin scales illegal trade with a network of lower level traffickers and poachers in the south of the country. They brought the pangolin scales in two cars, concealed in suitcases, knack sack and stuffed some in several spaces in the car, including under the carpets of the car and other hidden corners. On the way to the capital city, they bribed officers at a police check point to get the contraband through. The policeman tried to use his position to avoid arrest, he was even wearing police uniform at that moment, but he ended behind bars together with the other traffickers.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 13 Sep 20183 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks. 2 were arrested in the act and shortly after they denounced third trafficker, a father of one of them. He was arrested a day later. Good work of Conservation Justice with Gabonese authorities.
2 ivory traffickers, both Senegalese, arrested with 2 ivory tusks
Gabon, 9 Sep 20182 ivory traffickers, both Senegalese, arrested in Gabon with 2 ivory tusks, cut in 4 pieces. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
An International Pangolin Scales Trafficking Gang Dismantled
Cameroon, 18 Aug 20186 traffickers were arrested with more than 700 kg of pangolin scales in a crackdown on a syndicate involving DRC, CAR, Cameroon and Nigeria dealing in rhino horns and lion parts as well in connection to Vietnam.
3 ivory traffickers with 8 ivory tusks
Benin, 14 Aug 20183 ivory traffickers, one of them retired military man, another one from Burkina Faso, arrested in the North of the country with 8 ivory tusks. They were arrested in the act, with the contraband carefully packed in a jute bag and concealed in a travel bag full of clothes to deceive the attention of the authorities. The retired soldier organized the transaction, he had been involved in ivory trafficking for years, he used to operate in several neighboring countries including Mali.
