A jewelry maker arrested with carved ivory

An ivory trafficker arrested with 29 carved pieces of ivory. He runs an arts shop in which he sells bronze and wood artefacts also. He is part of a notorious network in Yaounde that deals in artefacts including ivory objects. The network has put in place several codes and mechanisms to protect their illegal ivory trade like the use of coded language understood only by those belonging to the network, support mechanism for those arrested and jailed to enable their business to thrive even when in prison. They get ivory supplies principally from the East Region, although when supplies are not flowing adequately, members of the network travel to the region to get raw ivory for carving. The trafficker doubles as a sculptor. Chinese clients are his main buyers and he has a very strong tie with some of them.