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Al Jazeera article on ape trade crackdown
Cameroon, 5 Jan 2015For years, traffickers fuelled the slaughter of gorillas and chimpanzees in Cameroon's rainforests to meet demand for bush meat - an activity conservationists feared could wipe out the great apes in the wild in a few decades.
Two chimp traffickers arrested, baby chimp rescued
Guinea, 20 Dec 2014Great arrest operation in Guinea and a baby chimp rescued by the Interpol national bureau working with GALF.
Ivory trafficker arrested
Togo, 6 Dec 2014A TALFF project of ANCE, led by Fabrice Ebeh and working with the Togolese authorities and the OCTRIDB, arrested a trafficker with 28 ivory bracelets.
A live chimp found among over 30 chimp skulls and limbs - video
Cameroon, 4 Dec 2014A man arrested in Magba in the west region of Cameroon with over 30 Chimp skulls and limbs among which was a live baby chimp. The two traffickers were caught and put behind bars as an offense against these protected animal while awaiting trial.
Army Lieutenant and 4 others arrested with elephant meat
Congo, 18 Nov 2014First time an army officer is arrested and transferred to Brazzaville court for trafficking elephant meat – faces up to 5 years in prison.
Ofir Drori about EAGLE Network
8 Oct 2014Ofir Drori, the Director of the Eagles Network, a Wildlife Law Enforcement project that works in eight different countries. Here he discusses the launch of the Interpol environmental security office within the Interpol regional bureau in Nairobi. He has paid a courtesy call to the WildlifeDirect offices in Nairobi.
Arrest of an elephant dealer
Cameroon, 8 May 2014Canal 2 international Television channel broadcast the arrest of a dealer in the East region of Cameroon with skulls and teeth of elephant. He was caught in a crack down operation led by officials of the Upper Nyong delegation of Forestry and Wildlife assisted technically by LAGA. The possession of these trophies only explains how much the country fauna is endangered!
Exclusive interview with Ofir Drori
17 Feb 2014Wildlife: The crisis of conversation i24news is an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Jaffa Port.
Arrest of 3 major traffickers of ivory
Togo, 6 Feb 2014Following investigations carried out by TALFF and l'Unité Mixte de Contrôle des conteneurs and l'Office Central de Répression du Trafic Illicite des Drogues et du Blanchiment (OCRTIDB) 2126.3 kg of ivory tusks were seized in Lome on January 29, 2014 at the Port of Lomé. The seized contraband belonged to the traffickers arrested earlier. Two of them were Togolese, the third man was Vietnamese.
Naftali Honig at Great Apes Summit
USA, 24 Sep 2013An estimated 3,000 great apes are lost from the wild to the global illicit live trade each year, and many wind up smuggled, shipped, and sold. Naftali Honig runs the wildlife enforcement project PALF in Congo, together with other activists they have set up a new organisation - Eagle Network which spans 6 African countries. We caught up with him to ask him what can be done to fight trafficking.
Ofir Drori on CNN
21 Apr 2012A new book - The Last Great Ape: A Journey Through Africa and a Fight for the Heart of the Continent
Reporters - Cameroon: hunting down the ivory traffickers
Cameroon, 5 Jul 2011Reporters - Cameroon is one of the few countries fighting the scourge of poaching. It's a dangerous battle, in a world where corruption and the promise of easy money often lead to conflict.
