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A primate trafficker arrested and a drill rescued
Cameroon, 22 Nov 2023A primate trafficker arrested and a drill rescued. The very young drill, an endangered primate, stressed and agitated, was tied with a rope in the waist. The trafficker, who works for a city council, transported the cage with the drill on his bike. He was waiting for another supply of a baby primate that was killed when local poachers shot dead its mother.
A major ivory trafficker arrested
Senegal, 21 Nov 2023A major trafficker arrested in Dakar with 2 elephant tusks and 80 carved ivory items in a crackdown on a transnational trafficking ring. The seizure included also 18 leopard teeth and many wild animal skins. The contraband was hidden in plastic bags that were kept inside a rice bag. The bag was concealed in the boot of a cab that transported him to the place of transaction where he was arrested.
2 ape traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued
Ivory Coast, 20 Nov 20232 ape traffickers arrested and a baby chimp rescued in a crackdown on a transnational criminal network. This criminal network was trafficking apes from Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea to China and to countries of the Arab Gulf. It applied similar modus operandi to previously dismantled networks in Guinea. Apes were smuggled under the cover of a legal business of live animals and connections with some of the biggest ape traffickers known in Africa are being investigated.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and a half
Togo, 18 Oct 20232 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and a half. The two reside in Ghana and their trafficking operation has consisted of moving ivory cross-border on a motorbike with no matriculate number and concealed in bags of plantains. They used routes frequentedby smugglers to get contraband across the borders.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 18 Oct 20232 traffickers arrested with 2 elephant tusks. The first trafficker was arrested when he attempted to sell 2 elephant tusks weighing 16 kg. He arrived at the scene of transaction with the tusks concealed in a sports bag. He denounced the other trafficker, his uncle, who was arrested in the same town 3 days later.
A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks
Gabon, 13 Oct 2023A trafficker arrested with 2 elephant tusks. He transported the elephant tusks from Ovan which is located some 500 km from Libreville, where he was arrested. He concealed the tusks, cut into pieces, in spaces inside the doors of his car which he drove to Libreville. When he arrived Libreville, he put the tusks in a black backpack and took a taxi to the place of transaction, where he was arrested.
A trafficker arrested with an elephant tusk cut into 6 pieces
Congo, 10 Oct 2023A trafficker arrested with an elephant tusk cut into 6 pieces. He was arrested during an attempt to sell the ivory. He is linked to an ivory trafficker arrested in September and sentenced to two years in prison.
4 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and 5 ivory pieces
Congo, 26 Sep 20234 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and 5 ivory pieces all weighing over 27 kg. A trafficker was arrested with an elephant tusk; he denounced another trafficker leading to the arrest of 3 more traffickers with 5 pieces of ivory in a follow up operation.
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.
