A trafficker arrested with 118 ivory tusks

LAGA provided technical assistance to customs and wildlife officials following the arrest of a trafficker in South of the country with 118 ivory tusks hidden in a secret built-in compartment in a truck he was driving to the capital city. The ivory was trafficked from Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and was heading to the capital city for an illegal transaction.  He is considered to be one of the main traffickers in a ring that deals in huge quantities of ivory in the sub region. The team carried out further investigations into the case exposing international links. Some of the tusks originated from Gabonese government stockpiles, seized in operations carried out in collaboration with Conservation Justice, the EAGLE member based in Gabon.