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2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Uganda, 12 Aug 20172 traffickers arrested with large 2 tusks in western Uganda. One of them is an English teacher at a primary school, so the traffickers were using the school to conceal the contraband, similarly to the last operation in Ivory Coast. They were arrested at the school where they intended to sell it.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks
Benin, 11 Aug 20172 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks. They were arrested in the act with the contraband concealed in a plastic bag. They used to traffic ivory for many years, supplying surrounding countries including Burkina Faso. One of the traffickers is a repeat offender, already arrested for bushmeat trafficking in 2014.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 4 tusks
Uganda, 9 Aug 20172 ivory traffickers arrested in Kampala with 4 tusks. One of them is an owner of a shop and a manager of a lodge, the other one an employee of another lodge. They were arrested in the act when they were trying to sell the contraband concealed in a bag.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 1 Aug 20173 ivory traffickers arrested in the capital city. The first two are brothers and were arrested in the act, trying to sell 2 elephant tusks, cut in 4 pieces. They admitted to taking ivory from their uncle who works with them. He is an elephant poacher. He was arrested two days later.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 26kg of ivory
Uganda, 27 Jul 2017An ivory trafficker arrested with 26kg of ivory in the west of the country. She had been involved in trafficking together with her husband for years, using their restaurant as a safe place for their illegal business. She was arrested in the act when she attempted to sell the ivory.
8 traffickers arrested and 3 tons of pangolin scales seized
Ivory Coast, 26 Jul 20178 traffickers arrested and 3 tons of pangolin scales seized in a crackdown on an international trafficking network. The team, lead by the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, collaborated with the Ivorian forces on this action, carried out together with several other EAGLE teams from other countries. The young team showed high level of performance giving more hope for the fast development of our latest replication. Investigation continues on international links with at least 6 other countries including China. Some of the contraband was concealed in a primary school with the logic that such an innocent location would never be searched. Thousands of pangolins had to be killed for this shipment alone, and this criminal network was regularly carrying such a magnitude of pangolins' slaughter.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 33 kg ivory
Uganda, 24 Jul 2017An ivory trafficker arrested with over 33 kg ivory in West of the country. After several Christian priests arrested, the team got a member of the Illuminate cult. He was regularly trafficking ivory, supplied to him by a corrupt official of UWA. He was already arrested twice for trafficking in wildlife. In 2015 he was arrested and convicted for ivory trafficking, and the same year for providing a hyena liver which was intended to reportedly poison some high ranking government officials.
A trafficker arrested with 38 hippo teeth
Uganda, 21 Jul 2017A trafficker arrested with 38 hippo teeth in Kampala. A businessman, dealing in art and craft was arrested in the act during an attempt to sell the hippo teeth concealed in a box. He has trafficked them from Queen Elisabeth National Park, where hippos are still massacred for the teeth, which are used as s substitute for elephant ivory.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 17 tusks
Gabon, 20 Jul 2017An ivory trafficker arrested with 17 elephant tusks and a leopard skin in the north of the country. The Burkina Faso national was arrested in a private house during an attempt to sell the ivory destined to Cameroon.
4 traffickers arrested with 58kg Ivory
Uganda, 18 Jul 20174 traffickers arrested with 58kg Ivory in western Uganda. One is a pastor, another was already arrested in our operations but released after paying a fine, his re-arrest highlights the need for stronger punishments in Uganda. A projectile was lodged in one of the tusks.
A trafficker arrested with 54kg Ivory
Uganda, 10 Jul 2017A trafficker arrested with 54kg Ivory in western Uganda.
2 Ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks
Gabon, 9 Jul 20172 Ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks in Central Gabon. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.!
