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3 traffickers arrested with more than 90 kg pangolin scales
Cameroon, 16 Sep 20233 traffickers arrested with more than 90kg pangolin scales in back-to-back arrests. Great work of the LAGA team with the authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin
Congo, 6 Sep 20232 traffickers arrested with a leopard skin. One of them is a Marines military officer. Great work of the PALF team with the authorities.
9 traffickers arrested in Gabon with 21 elephant tusks
Gabon, 19 Aug 20239 traffickers arrested with 21 elephant tusks weighing 131 kg in a crackdown on a major ivory trafficking ring using hidden compartments in vehicles. The seizure of 21 tusks and 4 ivory pieces is a mere snapshot of the regular activities of this vast network operating for many years with representatives and stations spread all over Gabon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, trafficking ivory between Central and West Africa.
2 traffickers arrested with a young mandrill
Cameroon, 18 Aug 20232 traffickers arrested with a young mandrill. The mandrill was spotted in the street by the arresting team. The trafficker was arrested and a second detained at the police station when he showed up after police requested for his presence.
An ape trafficker arrested and a baby chimpanzee rescued
Cameroon, 18 Aug 2023An ape trafficker arrested, and a baby chimpanzee rescued. The ape trafficker was arrested while attempting to sell the chimpanzee. The animal had been chained and caged alongside a dog in the home of the trafficker. The little female was frail and aggressive and looked like she had suffered from trauma. The trafficker talked about trying to sell the chimp to a governor.
2 traffickers arrested with 47 kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 31 Jul 20232 traffickers arrested with 47 kg of pangolin scales in Cameroon. The scales are from the endangered giant pangolin. The traffickers took steps to avoid arrest and used a motorcycle to move around. They transported the pangolin scales in a bag and moved hesitantly, conscious of the risks of their illegal business. The pangolin scales were driven from killed giant pangolins poached along the Sanaga River, which is the longest river in the country.
2 traffickers arrested with 19 kg of elephant ivory
Congo, 29 Jul 20232 traffickers arrested with 19 kg of elephant ivory. The couple, a man and a woman, were arrested attempting to sell 4 tusks. They collaborated in trading elephant tusks. The woman transferred a significantly huge amount of money to the man to enable him buy the tusks. The tusks were brought from the Plateaux Department to Brazzaville, where the traffickers were arrested.
3 ivory traffickers arrested
Ivory Coast, 5 Jul 20233 ivory traffickers arrested in the capital Yamoussoukro with 6 elephant tusks. A very large pair of tusks weighing 38kgs belongs to an elephant killed in the Taï National Park - one of the biggest males left in the country. Great work of Gaspard’s team with the UCT special unit and wildlife authorities.
A trafficker arrested with 4 elephant tusks
Gabon, 4 Jul 2023A trafficker arrested with 4 elephant tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities.
4 traffickers were arrested with 45 African grey parrots
Congo, 30 Jun 20234 traffickers were arrested with 45 African grey parrots. The illegal network, including a DRC national, was trafficking across DRC and Congo. They arrived at the scene of transaction in a taxi. The parrots were transported in makeshift cages in the boot of the car. They proceeded cautiously as one of them lagged behind, providing cover. The parrots were crammed in two cages. The parrots were taken to the Jane Goodall Institute for appropriate care before their release to the wild.
5 traffickers arrested with 53 kg of pangolin scales
Congo, 30 May 20235 traffickers arrested with 53 kg of pangolin scales and a hippo tooth. They were arrested in a complex operation that took much patience and initiatives by the arresting team. Some of the scales are of the rarer giant pangolin. The criminals were also caught trafficking two minerals - red cinnabar (mercury sulphide) and white cinnabar (mercury sulphate), the second being extremely lucrative for trafficking and toxic even for mere inhaling.
3 traffickers arrested with 12 elephant tusks
Gabon, 29 May 20233 traffickers, including a Burkinabe national, arrested with 12 elephant tusks. The Burkinabe arrived the scene of transaction on a red motorbike, unloaded a cardboard box carefully wrapped in adhesive tape from the motorbike’s luggage rack. The box contained another bag where 12 ivory tusks were concealed. He was arrested shortly afterwards and he denounced another trafficker who was arrested a couple of hours later. They both denounced the third trafficker, a village chief. He was arrested 2 days later.
