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A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 19 May 2018A logging company worker arrested trafficking two tusks in the center of the country. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities
4 traffickers arrested with Ivory, pangolins scales and elephant jaw
Cameroon, 6 May 20184 traffickers arrested with Ivory, pangolins scales and elephant jaw. Serge, Loveline and the rest of the LAGA team had to face violence and backlash for this arrest.
An elephant poacher arrested
Gabon, 5 May 2018An elephant poacher arrested in an ongoing series of arrests. On the left one of the elephants he has slaughtered.
4 traffickers arrested with 27kg ivory
Gabon, 4 May 20184 traffickers arrested with 27kg ivory in the South of the country. The Conservation Justice team worked relentlessly with the Gabonese authorities to carry follow-up arrests.
A trafficker arrested with two live young mandrills
Cameroon, 27 Apr 2018A trafficker arrested in South Cameroon with two live young mandrills, which he had kept in a dilapidated and small cage at his residence.
A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
Guinea, 21 Apr 2018A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin. The imam of a mosque from an influential family was arrested near a bus station. Trying to create a riot and blaming police for kidnapping did not prevent the team from putting him behind bars.
4 traffickers arrested with 6 ivory tusks
Gabon, 11 Apr 20184 traffickers arrested in the North of the country with 6 ivory tusks. One of them is Malian worker of a logging company, another, an Ivorian, is a security guard of the same logging company.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 8 tusks
Congo, 9 Apr 20183 ivory traffickers arrested with 8 ivory tusks in the centre of the country. They transported the ivory to the place of transaction on a canoe, concealed in a bag of cassava flour, to deceive the authorities.
A flagrant example of badly targeted investments in capacity building
Guinea, 3 Apr 2018EAGLE Guinea follows a case of leopard skin trafficker, arrested by wildlife authorities with one leopard skin several days ago. Thanks to good support of the legal adviser, two more traffickers were arrested, one of them the head of hunter´s association and the other one the head of a nature conservation association. The last one has been trained within a program of European Union focusing on conservation, and as a conservator of a protected area participated at launching of 5,000,000 EUR conservation project. A flagrant example of badly targeted investments in capacity building!
A trafficker arrested with 20 python skins
Guinea, 1 Apr 2018A trafficker arrested with 20 python skins. It is just a small fraction of the widespread illegal market with reptile skins.
A trafficker arrested with 41 sea turtle shells and 3.5 kg of sea horses
Senegal, 29 Mar 2018A trafficker arrested with 41 sea turtle shells and 3.5 kg of sea horses. Last night operation was led by Cecile and her SALF team proving their cool under stress in a well-run sting operation.
A trafficker arrested with large quantity of carved Ivory
Cameroon, 29 Mar 2018A trafficker arrested with large quantity of carved Ivory. He was arrested in an artifacts shop in the heart of Yaounde located at the ground floor of a hotel building and had been supplying ivory to mainly Chinese buyers. The owner of the shop is soon to be arrested. Serge led the LAGA team.
