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4 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks
Congo, 19 Mar 20224 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks ! Some of baby elephants massacred for their tiny tusks. Great work again if Tiffany’s team with the Congolese authorities on this ring’s crackdown.
6 trafficker arrested with 5 tusks and chimp meat
Cameroon, 15 Mar 20226 trafficker arrested with 5 tusks and chimp meat in a crackdown on a criminal ring in the south of the country. A dead pangolin and other bushmeat has also been seized.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 7 Mar 20222 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities
two traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a civet skin.
Cameroon, 23 Feb 2022Two traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a civet skin. Good work of the LAGA team with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Congo, 23 Dec 20212 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks, weighing just under 40 kg. One of the traffickers is a pastor and the second is a military man. The military man was extremely violent and tried to escape during the arrest. He attempted to corrupt officers when behind bars. He is based at the border with Gabon and had transported the ivory two months earlier to Dolisie, as part of his scheme to sell the ivory. He abandoned his post at the border and used his status to conduct the illegal business. He concealed the ivory in a military bag.
Police arrested a major trafficker
Senegal, 20 Dec 2021Police arrested a major trafficker that has been on our crosshair for a long time. Cecile’s team assisted interrogations and rescue as the trafficker was caught on the border with Gambia with a baby bushbuck concealed in a cardboard box.
7 criminals arrested with 4 human skeletons
Congo, 16 Dec 20217 criminals arrested with 4 human skeletons in a 9 days crackdown on a criminal ring managing the illegal trade in human bones and skulls. I tried to find the only photo that can fit Facebook from the dozens of horrific images including mutilated fresh human bodies.
3 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Gabon, 14 Dec 20213 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and leopard teeth. The first trafficker, a Malian, has been arrested attempting to transact the contraband and his personal vehicle seized. Follow up arrests apprehended the rest of the ring - a Guinean and a Gabonese. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks
Gabon, 10 Dec 20212 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
5 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Ivory Coast, 10 Dec 20215 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks and 4 hippo teeth with the hippo jaw. 2 of them were arrested in a raid and the crackdown continued in follow up arrests. The initial ivory seller is a member of a the wealthy Lebanese community of Abidjan. Great work of Gaspard’s team and the UCT.
Follow up arrests from last operation of 3 more traffickers
Congo, 6 Dec 2021Follow up arrests from last operation of 3 more traffickers with 18 more African Grey Parrots and a vervet monkey. 2 of the traffickers are from DRC. Great crackdown!
2 traffickers arrested with 28 African Grey Parrots
Congo, 30 Nov 20212 traffickers, one of them a corrupt military officer, arrested with 28 African Grey Parrots, an Allen’s Swamp Monkey and a Spot-nosed Monkey. One of the traffickers is a military officer in the Republican Guard.
