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2 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Congo, 29 Jun 20172 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins. The first one was arrested when he tried to sell them and he denounced another trafficker, who was arrested a day later. A rifle and ammunition was found in his house. They are behind bars awaiting trial.
2 traffickers arrested with 6 tusks
Uganda, 26 Jun 20172 traffickers arrested in the capital city with 6 tusks and a pack of blank bills papers used to print counterfeit money. One of them is a priest, the other one is a lawyer. The priest was already prosecuted for ivory trafficking in 2012, but being sentenced only to pay a fine, he continued his criminal activity including dealing with fake money. Now both of them remain behind bars, awaiting trial. Investigations continues on a number of passports that were found in their possession.
2 traffickers arrested with 4 tusks
Togo, 26 Jun 20172 traffickers arrested near the Burkina Faso border with 4 tusks and skins, honey badgers, servals and other protected animals. The two were collaborating with corrupt government officials on the other side of the border. During the arrest they were violent and fierce but their resistance was put under control.
2 ivory traffickers arrested, one of them repeat offender
Gabon, 18 Jun 2017A repeat offender trafficker arrested with 20kg Ivory in the north of the country. This is the third time the Ivory trafficker is arrested by the Gabonese Authorities with Conservation Justice assistance. He managed to use corruption to find his way out each time. He is also implicated in theft of Ivory exhibits from court in complicity with government officials. Another accomplice has been arrested afterwards.
2 Kenyan traffickers arrested with 49kg of Ivory
Uganda, 15 Jun 2017EAGLE Uganda hit again in an arrest of two Kenyan traffickers with 49kg of Ivory. Abel, Leonard and the rest of Vincent's team travelled to the north-east part of the country. This concludes a triple hit of the week for NRCN team that fought non stop around the clock liaising with authorities around the country to get it done. The Kenyan traffickers used a vehicle of a Ugandan government official donated by UNICEF. Complicity of government officials in this cross-border trafficking is still under investigation.
3 Ivory traffickers arrested
Uganda, 14 Jun 20173 Ivory traffickers arrested in the east of the country with fake money, 34kg Ivory and two hippo teeth, showcasing the link between wildlife trafficking and others forms of crime. Abel, Leonard and the rest of Vincent's team crossed the country overnight to hit again.
An Ivory trafficker arrested with 3 elephant tusks
Gabon, 14 Jun 2017An Ivory trafficker from Ivory Coast arrested with 3 elephant tusks in Libreville. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with a lion skin and jaws
Uganda, 13 Jun 2017A trafficker arrested with a lion skin and jaws! Abel and the rest of Vincent's team hit a very disastrous illegal trade in the north west of the country. In the 1980s there were just about 150,000 lions left in the wild. Today, the population declined in about 90% ! And estimated at below 18,000. Uganda is home to less than only 400 remaining lions . Any arrest of lion skin traffickers matters.
1st EAGLE arrest in Ivory Coast - FR 24
Ivory Coast, 10 Jun 2017The 10th replication of the EAGLE Network kicked off by a crackdown on ivory and leopard skin traffickers. In 3 operations 3 traffickers were arrested with 400 pieces of carved ivory, 40 kg of raw ivory, 7 leopard skins and other contraband.
1st EAGLE arrest in Ivory Coast on RTI1
Ivory Coast, 10 Jun 2017The 10th replication of the EAGLE Network kicked off by a crackdown on ivory and leopard skin traffickers. In 3 operations 3 traffickers were arrested with 400 pieces of carved ivory, 40 kg of raw ivory, 7 leopard skins and other contraband.
3 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins and 3 leopard skulls
8 Jun 20173 traffickers arrested with 3 leopard skins and 3 leopard skulls in the north of the country. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with 45kg pangolin scales and a leopard skin
Cameroon, 7 Jun 2017A trafficker arrested with 45kg pangolin scales and a leopard skin. The LAGA team worked with the Cameroonian authorities and attacked after midnight as trafficker arrived the capital.
