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4 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 20 Sep 20184 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales in the capital city. Well organized ring was activating the pangolin scales illegal trade with a network of lower level traffickers and poachers in the south of the country.
6 traffickers arrested over 718kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 20 Sep 20184 traffickers including a corrupt policeman arrested with 270kg of pangolin scales in the capital city. Well organized ring was activating the pangolin scales illegal trade with a network of lower level traffickers and poachers in the south of the country. They brought the pangolin scales in two cars, concealed in suitcases, knack sack and stuffed some in several spaces in the car, including under the carpets of the car and other hidden corners. On the way to the capital city, they bribed officers at a police check point to get the contraband through. The policeman tried to use his position to avoid arrest, he was even wearing police uniform at that moment, but he ended behind bars together with the other traffickers.
3 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks
Gabon, 13 Sep 20183 ivory traffickers arrested with two tusks. 2 were arrested in the act and shortly after they denounced third trafficker, a father of one of them. He was arrested a day later. Good work of Conservation Justice with Gabonese authorities.
2 ivory traffickers, both Senegalese, arrested with 2 ivory tusks
Gabon, 9 Sep 20182 ivory traffickers, both Senegalese, arrested in Gabon with 2 ivory tusks, cut in 4 pieces. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
An International Pangolin Scales Trafficking Gang Dismantled
Cameroon, 18 Aug 20186 traffickers were arrested with more than 700 kg of pangolin scales in a crackdown on a syndicate involving DRC, CAR, Cameroon and Nigeria dealing in rhino horns and lion parts as well in connection to Vietnam.
3 ivory traffickers with 8 ivory tusks
Benin, 14 Aug 20183 ivory traffickers, one of them retired military man, another one from Burkina Faso, arrested in the North of the country with 8 ivory tusks. They were arrested in the act, with the contraband carefully packed in a jute bag and concealed in a travel bag full of clothes to deceive the attention of the authorities. The retired soldier organized the transaction, he had been involved in ivory trafficking for years, he used to operate in several neighboring countries including Mali.
3 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Gabon, 6 Aug 20183 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins in the South of the country. The first one was arrested when attempted to sell the contraband in a hotel room. He denounced two more traffickers, who were arrested in their village immediately.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 5 Aug 2018An ivory trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
2 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and a leopard skull
Gabon, 5 Aug 20182 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and a leopard skull
3 traffickers arrested with 6 pieces of ivory
Gabon, 3 Aug 20183 traffickers arrested with 6 pieces of Ivory. Good work of Conservation Justice with the Gabonese authorities.
A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
Guinea, 27 Jul 2018A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin
2 ape traffickers arrested and a chimp rescued
Cameroon, 12 Jul 20182 ape traffickers arrested and a juvenile male chimp rescued. Good work of the LAGA team in Douala. The chimp will receive lifetime care by the Sanaga Yong IDA sanctuary.
