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a trafficker arrested with 7 elephant tusks
Congo, 3 Dec 2023Republic of Congo - a trafficker arrested with 7 elephant tusks. He is a priest and carried the ivory in a suitcase and a bag. He also concealed a hummer that was probably there for attack in case the deal goes wrong. very good work of Crepin and the rest of the PALF team with the authorities.
Smuggling of 40 primates stopped
Togo, 2 Dec 2023A shipment of 40 live primates locked in 3 crates, each divided to 10 tiny cells, left DRC and reached Togo on the way to its final destination, Thailand. After consultation with EAGLE, the CAAT at the Lome airport stopped the shipment
A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 29 Nov 2023A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks. The Cameroonian national was arrested as he attempted to sell the polished tusks. He concealed the tusks in an old rice bag and used a cab to travel to the place of transaction. He was transferred to the Special Tribunal in charge of wildlife cases in Libreville and remanded in prison custody.
2 traffickers arrested with 6 pieces of ivory
Congo, 25 Nov 20232 traffickers arrested with 6 pieces of ivory. They were violent and injured a law enforcement officer during the arrest. The ivory pieces were securely tied together and hidden in a backpack that was concealed inside a cab which one of them took to the place of transaction. They carried out a thorough inspection of the area. The operation team moved in and arrested them when they attempted to sell the ivory. One of the traffickers who watched from afar as the operation team zeroed in on the others, fled. Efforts are underway to arrest him.
A primate trafficker arrested and a drill rescued
Cameroon, 22 Nov 2023A primate trafficker arrested and a drill rescued. The very young drill, an endangered primate, stressed and agitated, was tied with a rope in the waist. The trafficker, who works for a city council, transported the cage with the drill on his bike. He was waiting for another supply of a baby primate that was killed when local poachers shot dead its mother.
A major ivory trafficker arrested
Senegal, 21 Nov 2023A major trafficker arrested in Dakar with 2 elephant tusks and 80 carved ivory items in a crackdown on a transnational trafficking ring. The seizure included also 18 leopard teeth and many wild animal skins. The contraband was hidden in plastic bags that were kept inside a rice bag. The bag was concealed in the boot of a cab that transported him to the place of transaction where he was arrested.
2 ape traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued
Ivory Coast, 20 Nov 20232 ape traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued in a crackdown on a transnational criminal network. This criminal network was trafficking apes from Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea to China and to countries of the Arab Gulf. It applied similar modus operandi to previously dismantled networks in Guinea. Apes were smuggled under the cover of a legal business of live animals and connections with some of the biggest ape traffickers known in Africa are being investigated.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and a half
Togo, 18 Oct 20232 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and a half. The two reside in Ghana and their trafficking operation has consisted of moving ivory cross-border on a motorbike with no matriculate number and concealed in bags of plantains. They used routes frequentedby smugglers to get contraband across the borders.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 18 Oct 20232 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks. The first trafficker was arrested when he attempted to sell 2 elephant tusks weighing 16 kg. He arrived at the scene of transaction with the tusks concealed in a sports bag. He denounced the other trafficker, his uncle, who was arrested in the same town 3 days later.
A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 13 Oct 2023A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks. He transported the elephant tusks from Ovan which is located some 500 km from Libreville, where he was arrested. He concealed the tusks, cut into pieces, in spaces inside the doors of his car which he drove to Libreville. When he arrived Libreville, he put the tusks in a black backpack and took a taxi to the place of transaction, where he was arrested.
A trafficker arrested with an elephant tusk cut into 6 pieces
Congo, 10 Oct 2023A trafficker arrested with an elephant tusk cut into 6 pieces. He was arrested during an attempt to sell the ivory. He is linked to an ivory trafficker arrested in September and sentenced to two years in prison.
4 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and 5 ivory pieces
Congo, 26 Sep 20234 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and 5 ivory pieces all weighing over 27 kg. A trafficker was arrested with an elephant tusk; he denounced another trafficker leading to the arrest of 3 more traffickers with 5 pieces of ivory in a follow up operation.
