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2 leopard skin traffickers arrested with a leopard skin
Benin, 3 Feb 20202 leopard skin traffickers arrested with a leopard skin in the central part of the country. They travelled to the place of transaction on a motorbike with the skin carefully concealed in a jute bag. They were swiftly arrested, and they remind behind bars awaiting trial.
2 ivory traffickers, one of them corrupt military man, arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 17 Jan 2020Two ivory traffickers, one of them corrupt military man, arrested with two tusks in the capital city. One of them brought the tusks from South of the country to sell them and the military man accompanied him to protect him for arrest during the transaction. They are both behind bars facing a sentence of 10 years in jail thanks to the new legislation adopted by Gabonese Parliament last year.
3 ivory traffickers including a repeat offender arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 14 Jan 20203 ivory traffickers including a repeat offender arrested with 2 tusks in the North of the country. The repeat offender was arrested in August 2013 with support of Conservation Justice with ten tusks. He was sentenced to 6 months in absentia as he was released on bail before the court hearing. Although an arrest warrant was issued, he never got back to jail.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 tusks
Gabon, 8 Jan 20203 ivory traffickers arrested with 7 tusks in the central part of the country. Two of them were arrested in the attempt to sell the tusks cut in several pieces. After the arrest they denounced the head of the gang, who is a teacher in nearby town. He was swiftly arrested the same day and a hunting gun was found in his house.
PALF team saved a baby chimp on Christmas
Congo, 24 Dec 2019PALF team was fighting hard and saved a baby chimp, which was held in North-East of the country illegally.
A leopard skin trafficker arrested on Christmas Eve
Senegal, 24 Dec 2019 A leopard skin trafficker arrested on Christmas Eve with one leopard skin near Guinean border. The trafficker was swiftly arrested in the act in a restaurant with the skin concealed in a black backpack., He was connected to a network of Guinean poachers, supplying him with skins, which he had been selling in Senegal for at least two years. He is also involved in gold mining. He remains behind bars awaiting trial.
A military man arrested with a live mandrill
Congo, 28 Nov 2019A military man arrested with live mandrill with illegally issued permit in the North of the country. The young animal was transported to Tchimpounga Rehabilitation Centre for life-long care.
4 ivory traffickers arrested with 128 kg of ivory
Gabon, 20 Nov 20194 ivory traffickers arrested in the North of the country with 128 kg of ivory. One of them is a Cameroonian, well connected to trafficking rings in Cameroon.
2 ivory traffickers, one of them repeat offender, arrested with 2 tusks
Cameroon, 13 Nov 20192 ivory traffickers, one of them repeat offender, arrested with 2 tusks weighing 20kg. They are part of an international trafficking ring based close to the border between Central African Republic and Cameroon and operating between the two countries.
2 human bones traffickers arrested
Congo, 12 Nov 20192 human bones traffickers arrested. 2 others on the run, one of them a corrupt police officer, after pulling out guns during the arrest. PALF and all the EAGLE network projects, as activists, do our best to fight any injustice to our ability. Human sacrifice and illegal trade in human parts for black magic is one of such horrible problems.
An ivory trafficker arrested with two tusks
Congo, 6 Nov 2019An ivory trafficker arrested in capital city with two tusks. He transported the contraband by boat and bus from Likouala, where the elephant was massacred.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 28 Oct 20192 ivory traffickers arrested in the South-East of the country with 4 tusks in the act. A large 458 callibre hunting rifle was found during the house search. 2 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks in the same town just few days later. One of them is a village chief. Later they admitted massacring the elephant. They remain in a jail in Libreville awaiting trial.
