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3 traffickers arrested with one live pangolin and two skinned pangolins
Uganda, 21 Apr 20173 traffickers arrested with one live pangolin and two skinned pangolins. One of them is a police officer.
A trafficker arrested with two tusks a leopard skin
Cameroon, 20 Apr 2017A trafficker arrested with two tusks a leopard skin and leopard teeth. He is a Christian priest and had the audacity to claim he intended to use the money to build his church. Later he admitted his role in the trade. Good work of Serge, Aime and the rest of the LAGA team with the Cameroonian authorities.
3 traffickers arrested with 783 python skins
Togo, 20 Apr 20173 traffickers arrested with 783 python skins! This quantity represents a weekly trade for this big main trafficker! This is the biggest quantity of snakes skins we ever caught exposing a new magnitude of trade in snake skins we never imagined is possible. The skins, weighing 219 kg were brought in 3 big new suitcases to the selling point. The man in white, Alhaji Amadou Mohamed is the head of this criminal network. It seems all the skins are trafficked through Nigeria. This was good work of Rens, Mensah, Darius and Nicole with the Togolese authorities.
A Malian trafficker arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 20 Apr 2017A Malian trafficker arrested in Lambarene with two tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with 118kg of pangolin scales.
Cameroon, 15 Apr 2017A trafficker arrested with 118kg of pangolin scales. Great work of Serge, Loveline, Gilbert and the rest of the LAGA team with that Cameroon authorities.
3 traffickers arrested with a lion skin, two leopard skins
Cameroon, 13 Apr 20173 traffickers arrested with a lion skin, two leopard skins, and two crocodiles skins. Good work of Serge, Aime and the rest of the LAGA team with the Cameroonian authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 5 leopard skulls, 4 tusks
Gabon, 13 Apr 20172 traffickers arrested with 5 leopard skulls, 4 tusks, and an elephant tail. Good work of conservation justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A Colonel and 3 others arrested and 4 chimps rescued
Guinea, 12 Apr 2017A Colonel arrested and 4 chimps rescued. WARA in a fantastic two back-to-back operations and great work of Charlotte, Saidou, and Cecile. Dozens of other animals rescued and 3 more arrested in this victory against impunity and corruption.
A Colonel arrested in Guinea for wildlife trafficking, illegal zoo closed
Guinea, 12 Apr 2017A Colonel arrested and 4 chimps rescued. WARA in a fantastic two back-to-back operations and great work of Charlotte, Saidou, and Cecile. Dozens of other animals rescued and 3 more arrested in this victory against impunity and corruption.
A Colonel and 3 others arrested and 4 chimps rescued - REUTERS reportage
Guinea, 12 Apr 2017A Colonel and 3 other traffickers were arrested and 4 chimps rescued in a high quality two back-to-back operations – a significant victory against impunity and corruption. Colonel Ibrahima Bangoura, an influential army high official, was involved in the wide spread wildlife trade in the country, he was in charge of the army's oil supply, the same lucrative and powerful post that was occupied by the former Dictator before he took power by force (Captain Dadis Camara). The whole action was covered by the international press by the REUTERS crew and Guinean televisions.
2 traffickers arrested with a lion head skin and two leopard skins
Guinea, 7 Apr 20172 traffickers arrested with a lion head skin and two leopard skins. These arrests are connected to a ring of 7 traffickers arrested in 2012. Saidou's team under the direction of Charlotte in a good WARA action.
2 traffickers arrested with 20 kg of Ivory
Uganda, 6 Apr 20172 traffickers arrested in Kampala with 20 kg of Ivory. They have been trafficking ivory for several years, bringing it from Congo and Uganda National Parks.
