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2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Benin, 30 Nov 20172 traffickers arrested with two tusks in the north of the country.
3 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Congo, 25 Nov 20173 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks, weighing 24kg. One of them is a site manager of a logging company and was using the SOCOFOR vehicle to traffic the ivory out of the forest. They concealed the contraband under bushmeat for transportation, to evade the authorities.
A trafficker arrested with 6 tusks
Gabon, 23 Nov 2017A trafficker arrested with 6 tusks. Conservation Justice hits again!
2 international traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued
Guinea, 23 Nov 20172 international traffickers, both Sierra Leone nationality, arrested and a baby chimp rescued.
A Congolese arrested with 8 tusks
Uganda, 22 Nov 2017A Congolese arrested with 8 tusks hitting cross border trafficking.
3 traffickers arrested with 27kg Ivory.
Gabon, 22 Nov 20173 traffickers arrested with 27kg Ivory. Conservation Justice work with Gabonese authorities.
3 traffickers arrested with 120kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 21 Nov 20173 traffickers arrested with 120kg pangolin scales. A swift professional operation at night. Operation was saved by good initiative from Serge while Aime, Gilbert and the rest of the LAGA team helped get these very tricky traffickers behind bars.
A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Senegal, 21 Nov 2017A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks, a leopard skin and crocodile skin items. Cecile Bloch led the operation with a newly recruited team.
A trafficker arrested with a tusk and two leopard skins
Gabon, 21 Nov 2017A trafficker arrested with a tusk and two leopard skins. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 4 leopard skins
Gabon, 18 Nov 20172 traffickers arrested with 4 leopard skins. Good work of the Conservation Justice team with the Gabonese authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and 2 elephant tails
Congo, 17 Nov 20172 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and 2 elephant tails. Good work of the PALF team with the Congolese authorities. A third trafficker connected to the operation arrested later.
2 arrested with Ivory in Kampala
Uganda, 15 Nov 20172 arrested with Ivory in Kampala. The man in the right was already arrested by the team in September and got released with a small fine! What is rare in our other countries is a real problem in Uganda where the courts often keep wildlife criminals away from prison.
