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A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Ivory Coast, 19 Nov 2021A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks. More carved ivory, 17 elephant tail bracelets and 8 rings, a leopard tooth, a full elephant tail with hairs on it and more treated elephant hair were discovered during a house search. Cash registry shows he has been active for more than two decades. He sold elephant tail hair from 1999 to 2018, when he stopped recording the sales in his registry.
4 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 19 Nov 20214 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks. A Cameroonian and a Nigerian were first arrested in Port-Gentil as they attempted to sell the ivory. They denounced a third trafficker to be owner of the ivory. He was arrested a few days later in the same town. During his interrogation he denounced a fourth trafficker who was also arrested. The 2 ivory tusks that were cut into 4 pieces were concealed inside a black backpack.
A trafficker arrested with 86kg of pangolin scales and a young baboon
Cameroon, 19 Nov 2021A trafficker arrested with 86kg of pangolin scales and a young baboon rescued. The animal was found leashed around the waist and tied to a tree at the premises of the trafficker. He bought the young baboon from a poacher who trapped and killed the mother. The scales are from giant pangolins which is more threatened with extinction than the two other species in the country. Seizures are almost always composed of scales from all three species. The trafficker belongs to a bigger group illegally trafficking several wildlife products including elephant ivory around the area where he was arrested.
3 traffickers arrested and a baby drill rescued
Cameroon, 4 Nov 20213 traffickers arrested and a baby drill rescued. The animal was quickly transported to the Limbe Wildlife Centre where he shall be getting specialist care from veterinarians and join a family of drills. The traffickers were arrested during an attempt to sell the animal they recently bought from poachers.
A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 30 Oct 2021A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks. The trafficker who is nicknamed “Apôtre” (Apostle in English) is a guard with a security company in Mitzic, the town where he was arrested. He arrived the scene of transaction with a green backpack. Inside the bag, 2 small tusks definitely cut from the head of a young elephant, were found. He had been a target ivory trafficker for a long time and was finally caught red handed.
4 traffickers arrested with 11 tusks
Ivory Coast, 29 Oct 20214 traffickers, including a former Deputy of National Assembly (similar to a member of congress), were arrested in a hotel in Abidjan while attempting to sell 11 tusks of elephant ivory. There were initially 6 suspects, including two officers.3 of the suspects were caught red handed in the hotel room with the tusks, while the other 3 were arrested in the hotel’s restaurant and reception.
4 traffickers arrested with 41 African Grey Parrots
Togo, 26 Oct 20214 traffickers arrested with 41 African Grey Parrots in a stockroom in Lome. The main trafficker is a Nigerian and a veteran reptile and parrots trafficker. The ring’s operation stretched from Central Africa to West Africa. The crackdown is a good work of Darius and his team with the OCRTIDB and MERF.
A trafficker arrested with 77kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 14 Oct 2021A trafficker arrested with 77kg of pangolin scales that he transported in a pickup truck. Great work of the LAGA team with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with lion skin, hyena skin and many more
Ivory Coast, 12 Oct 20212 traffickers arrested with lion skin, hyena skin and many more. The middleman got arrested first and led the team to the bigger trafficker a Nigerian woman that trafficked all from Nigeria. Skins of honey badger, civet and others were seized together with 451 dried chameleons.
4 arrested attempting to sell 4 ivory tusks
Gabon, 29 Sep 20214 arrested attempting to sell 4 ivory tusks. 2 were first arrested trying to sell the tusks and 2 more would be arrested shortly after. This brings to 10 traffickers arrested this month alone trafficking in ivory. Good work of Conservation Justice with authorities on the ground.
Two arrested with a baby chimp
Cameroon, 28 Sep 20212 arrested with a baby chimp following information on the theft of the baby chimp in a sanctuary. The chimp was found in a large storeroom close to a Chinese tiles shop in the country’s economic capital Douala. Two were arrested on the spot and one more, who is considered to be the brain behind the trafficking and was not present during the operation, is still to be arrested.
2 traffickers arrested with 20 African grey parrots
Cameroon, 17 Sep 20212 traffickers arrested with 20 African grey parrots. The traffickers were attempting to sell the parrots at their hideout in the south of the country when they were arrested.
