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3 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Congo, 22 May 20173 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins, 2 elephant tails, and a skull and hand of a baby gorilla among other contraband. Perrine's PALF team work with the Congolese authorities. An action day in central Africa!
A trafficker arrested with two pieces of carved Ivory.
Cameroon, 22 May 2017A trafficker arrested with two pieces of carved Ivory. The trafficker traveled from the south to the capital and wrapped his underwear around the hidden Ivory in an attempt to conceal it. Good work of the LAGA team and Serge and Aime leading the teams with the Cameroonian authorities. An action day in central Africa!
5 ivory traffickers arrested
Uganda, 12 May 2017Double operation in the North of the country. A muezzin and a watchman of a mosque arrested trafficking Ivory. Right after Abel and Maureen traveled to hit again in the next town working with the authorities to arrest another group of 3 traffickers with more Ivory. A total of 5 traffickers arrested yesterday as Vincent's team hits again.
The first operation launching EAGLE - Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, 9 May 2017This is the 10th EAGLE country and efforts continue to build this starting replication.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks and 2 leopard skins
Gabon, 8 May 20172 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins, 2 tusks and an elephant tail in the south of the country in an operation of Conservation Justice and the Gabonese authorities.
4 traffickers arrested with 8kg Ivory and 13kg hippo teeth.
Uganda, 28 Apr 20174 traffickers arrested in Kampala with 8kg of ivory and 13kg of hippo teeth.
2 traffickers arrested and two live pangolins rescued
Benin, 26 Apr 20172 traffickers arrested and two live pangolins rescued.
5 traffickers arrested with 6 Ivory pieces
Uganda, 25 Apr 20175 traffickers arrested with 6 ivory pieces weighting 20 kg. They were arrested in act after they brought the ivory, concealed in two bags, to a store of dry beans. They had been regularly trafficking ivory from Uganda´s national parks and also from South Sudan.
4 traffickers arrested with 70 kg of ivory
Uganda, 25 Apr 2017And EAGLE Uganda hits again! The team traveled 120 Km to another district to get these 4 traffickers arrested with 70 kg Ivory.
3 traffickers arrested with one live pangolin and two skinned pangolins
Uganda, 21 Apr 20173 traffickers arrested with one live pangolin and two skinned pangolins. One of them is a police officer.
A trafficker arrested with two tusks a leopard skin
Cameroon, 20 Apr 2017A trafficker arrested with two tusks a leopard skin and leopard teeth. He is a Christian priest and had the audacity to claim he intended to use the money to build his church. Later he admitted his role in the trade. Good work of Serge, Aime and the rest of the LAGA team with the Cameroonian authorities.
3 traffickers arrested with 783 python skins
Togo, 20 Apr 20173 traffickers arrested with 783 python skins! This quantity represents a weekly trade for this big main trafficker! This is the biggest quantity of snakes skins we ever caught exposing a new magnitude of trade in snake skins we never imagined is possible. The skins, weighing 219 kg were brought in 3 big new suitcases to the selling point. The man in white, Alhaji Amadou Mohamed is the head of this criminal network. It seems all the skins are trafficked through Nigeria. This was good work of Rens, Mensah, Darius and Nicole with the Togolese authorities.
