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4 traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks
Cameroon, 23 Jul 20244 traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks. One of them is a forestry engineer working in a logging company. Another is an electromechanical engineer in a government ministry.
4 traffickers arrested with 11 tusks , 8 ivory pieces and 7 hippo teeth
Togo, 30 Jun 20244 traffickers arrested with 11 tusks , 8 ivory pieces and 7 hippo teeth in a crackdown on a cross-border trafficking ring. Two of the traffickers are Burkina Faso nationals and operated with the two others trafficking between the two countries.
A trafficker arrested with 3 lion skins
Uganda, 29 Jun 2024A trafficker arrested with 3 lion skins! She seems to specialize in lion parts trafficking and one of the skins is very fresh. This is a mere snapshot of an ongoing regular lion skins trafficking of this ring
A trafficker arrested with 2 leopard skins
Ivory Coast, 19 Jun 2024A trafficker arrested with two leopard skins in Man. The skins were concealed in a rice sack. Good work of Gaspard’s team with the UCT special unit and MINEF.
2 ivory traffickers arrested in Brazzaville with 2 tusks
Congo, 31 May 20242 ivory traffickers arrested in Brazzaville with 2 tusks. Good work of the PALF team with the authorities.
A trafficker from Burkina Faso arrested with two elephant tusks
Togo, 31 May 2024A trafficker from Burkina Faso arrested with two elephant tusks in Lome. He is a government worker trafficking ivory cross-border in collaboration with his boss.
2 Guinean traffickers arrested with a leopard skin, hyena skin, and two serval skins
Senegal, 24 May 20242 Guinean traffickers arrested with a leopard skin, hyena skin, and two serval skins in an action against cross border trafficking between the two countries.
2 traffickers arrested with 7 elephant tusks
Congo, 7 May 20242 traffickers arrested with 7 elephant tusks and a leopard skin. A house search recovered a gorilla skull as well. Good work of Jules, Crepin and the team with the authorities in Pointe-Noire.
A Chinese national arrested in a glass eels trafficking crackdown
Senegal, 30 Apr 2024A Chinese national arrested in a glass eels trafficking crackdown in an exceptional France-Senegal collaboration. A French delegation led by an investigating judge arrived Senegal to investigate the African side of an international trafficking ring in the protected European glass eels.
2 traffickers arrested with body parts of 2 killed gorillas
Cameroon, 30 Apr 20242 traffickers arrested with body parts of 2 killed gorillas. The parts that included heads and limbs had blood still dripping indicating the gorillas were recently killed. The two were specialised in poaching and trafficking in great apes. Due to corruption, the two disappeared right after a jail visit that was done by the Legal Team on the ground. They were reported to have “escaped”. The hunt is ongoing and the corruption incident is under investigations.
A leopard skin trafficker arrested
Ivory Coast, 29 Apr 2024A leopard skin trafficker arrested with several pieces of wildlife and a rifle. Following the arrest of two leopard skin traffickers last month, follow up investigations led to his arrest. During the operation, he physically resisted arrest but was quickly subdued. He is the supplier of wildlife contraband to several other traffickers. He was arrested close to the Tai National Park.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and 5 kg of pangolin scales
Congo, 4 Apr 20242 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and 5 kg of pangolin scales. Good work of the PALF team with the authorities.
