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2 traffickers arrested with 56kg ivory
Cameroon, 3 Sep 20222 traffickers arrested with 56kg ivory. These traffickers are linked to Abdoul Salami, arrested in 2021 with 2 tons of pangolin scales and leopard skins.
A man arrested with a slaughtered sea turtle and 123 eggs
Congo, 29 Aug 2022A man arrested with a slaughtered sea turtle and 123 eggs. The worker of a Chinese sea company was arrested in Pointe Noire by the Gendarmerie with follow up support of the PALF project.
5 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks
Togo, 26 Aug 20225 traffickers arrested with two elephant tusks. Good work taking down a trafficking ring by Darius and his team with the Togolese authorities.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 12 elephant tusks
Gabon, 15 Aug 2022An ivory trafficker arrested with 12 elephant tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 122kg pangolin scales
10 Aug 20222 traffickers arrested with 122kg pangolin scales in Abidjan. One of them based in Liberia and the other in Ivory Coast as they developed a flourishing and growing illegal business generating the mass slaughter of pangolins.
A trafficker arrested with a live mandrill
Congo, 30 Jul 2022A trafficker arrested with a live mandrill and 2 African grey parrots. For many years, the trafficker had been keeping animals openly exposed in her garden. She was nicknamed the monkey lady. In an open contempt of the law, she declared during her arrest that she was selling the mandrill, boasted that a minister was aware of her arrest and that she would be released soon.
A Malian trafficker arrested with 19 items of carved ivory
Senegal, 27 Jul 2022A Malian trafficker arrested with 19 items of carved ivory. The ivory was fresh and recently carved. Good work of Cécile and her team - Bassirou, El Hadji, Mohamed and Mamadou - with the Senegalese authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 153kg of pangolin scales
Ivory Coast, 30 Jun 20222 traffickers arrested with 153kg of pangolin scales near the border with Liberia. They admitted to trade with Nigerians and Chinese in volumes of tonnes. The two brothers ran cross-border trade as one based in Liberia and the other across the border.
A woman arrested with a baby chimp and a mustache guenon
Gabon, 27 Jun 2022A woman arrested with a baby chimp and a mustache guenon. Links are under investigation for complicity of a local wildlife officer. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
A mandrill rescued
Congo, 27 Jun 2022A mandrill rescued. The trafficker is on the run and efforts are underway by the PALF team to get him apprehended. The mandrill is in rehabilitation by the Jane Goodall Institute with the intention to integrate it back into the wild.
3 traffickers arrested with 81kg ivory and a leopard skin
Gabon, 23 Jun 20223 traffickers arrested with 81kg ivory and a leopard skin, in an arrest implicating personnel of the justice system in the area. One of three arrested, a non-permanent worker in the secretariat of the State Prosecutor, has been given some of the tusks from the court evidence room to trade.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Congo, 5 Jun 20222 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins in Owando. The traffickers consealed the skins in a suitcase. Good work of the PALF team with the authorities.
