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2 traffickers arrested with 3 zebra skins
Cameroon, 28 Jan 20172 traffickers arrested with 3 zebra skins, a leopard skin and several pieces of carved ivory. One of the traffickers was selling art objects in front of a popular bank in the capital city, while the second trafficker is a sculptor who carves ivory among other products.
2 traffickers arrested with a lion's skin and 12kg of pangolin scales
Uganda, 26 Jan 20172 traffickers arrested in the capital city with a lion's skin and 12kg of pangolin scales. One of them is a police constable while the other one is an owner of a company. The company owner has been involved in trafficking including ivory for a long time. The lion skin was trafficked from northern Kenya.
4 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Gabon, 25 Jan 20174 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins in Lambaréné. Two of them arrived to the town, where they attempted to sell the skins, but were arrested in the act instead. Later they revealed two more accomplices, who were also arrested the same evening.
2 traffickers arrested with 16 sea-turtle shells
Benin, 25 Jan 20172 traffickers arrested with 16 sea-turtle shells in the capital city. They brought the shells on two motorbikes to a bar, where they attempted to sell them, but they were arrested in the act instead. The two brothers remained behind bars awaiting the trial.
2 Spanish arrested with 500 concealed birds
senegal, 22 Jan 20172 Spanish traffickers arrested at the airport with 500 concealed birds. SALF was asked for assistance immediately after the arrest.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 21 kg of ivory
Uganda, 20 Jan 20172 ivory traffickers arrested with 58 pieces of ivory, weighting 21 kg. The traffickers admitted that the ivory was smuggled from DRC by another accomplice and then concealed underground. Later they brought it in a town with an intention to sell it.
5 TONS of pangolin scales seized, 2 Chinese arrested
Cameroon, 17 Jan 2017LAGA´s investigation led to one of the largest seizures of pangolin scales in the Central African sub-region. In January 2 Chinese traffickers were arrested in the action and 5.4 tons of pangolin scales were seized. Over 300 boxes full of pangolin scales were concealed in two solidly sealed and welded containers in a Douala-based company run by Chinese nationals.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 27 kg ivory
Uganda, 17 Jan 20173 ivory traffickers arrested with 2 very fresh tusks, weighting 27 kg, in Northern Uganda. They took the ivory from an elephant killed just one day before by a security guard of a private farm. They took the team to the scene where the elephant was killed.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 17 Jan 2017An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 fresh tusks, cut in 2 pieces. He was concealing them in a bag together with a saw, used to cut them. He is a repeat offender, already prosecuted for holding weapons illegally.
2 Chinese arrested, the largest seizure of pangolin scales in Central Africa
Cameroon, 17 Jan 2017LAGA´s investigation led to one of the largest seizures of pangolin scales in the Central African sub-region. In January 2 Chinese traffickers were arrested in the action and 5.4 tons of pangolin scales were seized. Over 300 boxes full of pangolin scales were concealed in two solidly sealed and welded containers in a Douala-based company run by Chinese nationals.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 12 kg of ivory
Congo, 16 Jan 20173 ivory traffickers arrested in Congo with 12 kg of ivory. A long time operating ring of poaching and trafficking was crushed as two of them were heads of groups of poachers and provided them with ammunition. In spite of an aggressive resistance all three of them are behind bars and Perrine and her team continue the investigation.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Uganda, 12 Jan 2017An ivory trafficker arrested in the north with two tusks near the border of Murchison Falls National Park.
