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An ivory trafficker arrested with 26kg of ivory

An ivory trafficker arrested with 26kg of ivory in the west of the country. She had been involved in trafficking together with her husband for years, using their restaurant as a safe place for their illegal business. She was arrested in the act when she attempted to sell the ivory.

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An ivory trafficker arrested with 26kg of ivory

8 traffickers arrested and 3 tons of pangolin scales seized

8 traffickers arrested and 3 tons of pangolin scales seized in a crackdown on an international trafficking network. The team, lead by the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, collaborated with the Ivorian forces on this action, carried out together with several other EAGLE teams from other countries. The young team showed high level of performance giving more hope for the fast development of our latest replication. Investigation continues on international links with at least 6 other countries including China. Some of the contraband was concealed in a primary school with the logic that such an innocent location would never be searched. Thousands of pangolins had to be killed for this shipment alone, and this criminal network was regularly carrying such a magnitude of pangolins' slaughter.

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8 traffickers arrested and 3 tons of pangolin scales seized

An ivory trafficker arrested with 33 kg ivory

An ivory trafficker arrested with over 33 kg ivory in West of the country. After several Christian priests arrested, the team got a member of the Illuminate cult. He was regularly trafficking ivory, supplied to him by a corrupt official of UWA. He was already arrested twice for trafficking in wildlife. In 2015 he was arrested and convicted for ivory trafficking, and the same year for providing a hyena liver which was intended to reportedly poison some high ranking government officials.

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An ivory trafficker arrested with 33 kg ivory

A trafficker arrested with 38 hippo teeth

A trafficker arrested with 38 hippo teeth in Kampala. A businessman, dealing in art and craft was arrested in the act during an attempt to sell the hippo teeth concealed in a box. He has trafficked them from Queen Elisabeth National Park, where hippos are still massacred for the teeth, which are used as s substitute for elephant ivory.

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A trafficker arrested with 38 hippo teeth

An ivory trafficker arrested with 17 tusks

An ivory trafficker arrested with 17 elephant tusks and a leopard skin in the north of the country. The Burkina Faso national was arrested in a private house during an attempt to sell the ivory destined to Cameroon.

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An ivory trafficker arrested with 17 tusks

4 traffickers arrested with 58kg Ivory

4 traffickers arrested with 58kg Ivory in western Uganda. One is a pastor, another was already arrested in our operations but released after paying a fine, his re-arrest highlights the need for stronger punishments in Uganda. A projectile was lodged in one of the tusks.

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4 traffickers arrested with 58kg Ivory

A trafficker arrested with 54kg Ivory

A trafficker arrested with 54kg Ivory in western Uganda.

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A trafficker arrested with 54kg Ivory

2 Ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks

2 Ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks in Central Gabon. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.!

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2 Ivory traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks

2 traffickers arrested with 140 hippo teeth

2 traffickers arrested in western Uganda with 140 hippo teeth weighing 56Kg. Abel and the rest of Vincent's team hit again!

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2 traffickers arrested with 140 hippo teeth

A trafficker arrested with 18kg of Ivory

A trafficker arrested with 18kg of Ivory in central Cameroon. The large LAGA team of Serge, Aime, Gilbert and Anna carried the action with the Cameroonian authorities in a zone known for high corruption and complicity.

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A trafficker arrested with 18kg of Ivory

A major trafficker arrested with okapi skin and 4 Ivory pieces

A major trafficker arrested with okapi skin and 4 Ivory pieces. Abel led the action in Kampala with the Ugandan authorities. The Okapi, often called "forest giraffe" is an endangered relative of the giraffe that can be found only in Ituri forest in DRC. This giant animal is one of the oldest surviving mammals on earth. The stripes it has on its behind helps in camouflage as it looks like streaks of sunlight filtering through the trees. These stripes are unique to each individual and used for identification so you can say his ID is on his butt. The trafficker confessed to have traded other okapi skins in the past highlighting the illegal trade in such an endangered animal.

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A major trafficker arrested with okapi skin and 4 Ivory pieces

3 trafficker arrested with 4 tusks

3 trafficker arrested with 4 tusks Jules and the AALF-B team in good action.

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3 trafficker arrested with 4 tusks