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4 arrested with a cheetah skin
Uganda, 31 Mar 20172 traffickers arrested with a cheetah skin and two civet skins. Two accomplices came to bribe the police and were intercepted and arrested as well! So total of 4 arrested and a win against corruption.
4 traffickers arrested with 5 Ivory tusks
Uganda, 28 Mar 20174 karamojong warriors arrested with 5 ivory tusks weighing 22 kg in the north eastern part of the country. Abel and the rest of Vincent's team in action with the Ugandan authorities.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins
Gabon, 28 Mar 20172 traffickers arrested in Libreville with 2 leopard skins. Conservation Justice collaborated with the Gabonese authorities on this arrest.
4 traffickers arrested with 14 kg Ivory
Benin, 28 Mar 20174 traffickers arrested with 14 kg Ivory in the north of the country. The AALF-B team worked hard to get the whole group of traffickers in one operation.
2 bird traffickers arrested, 300 grey parrots rescued
Cameroon, 24 Mar 2017LAGA Cameroon had an excellent operation - a Ghanian arrested with around 300 African gray parrots! He has admitted export. Another accomplice was also arrested with the Ghanaian. Great work of Serge, Aime and the rest of the LAGA team in a nice gift for Ofir's visit in Cameroon.
3 traffickers arrested with 30 kg Ivory
Uganda, 23 Mar 20173 traffickers arrested with 30 kg Ivory. They are all officers - from army, police, and prisons. The "best of the best" from the 3 forces were violent and one was even biting an arresting officer and wounded him With deep bloody cuts with his teeth.
A trafficker arrested with 40 sweet water turtles
Guinea, 23 Mar 2017A trafficker arrested with 40 sweet water turtles. While he is kept behind bars, the turtles can again enjoy freedom in the wild.
5 traffickers arrested with skins and horns of protected antelopes and a leopard skin
Uganda, 23 Mar 20174 traffickers arrested with many skins and 147 horns of protected antelopes and in a related arrest coming from the same investigation another trafficker arrested in the north of Uganda with a leopard skin.
2 traffickers arrested with 66 live baby sea turtles
Togo, 20 Mar 20172 traffickers arrested trying to sell 66 live baby sea turtles, and 3 sea turtle shells. The babies were released at sea. A sea turtle can live up to 50 years, so these babies have a long way to go
A trafficker arrested in Libreville with two leopard skins.
Gabon, 17 Mar 2017A trafficker arrested in Libreville with two leopard skins.
4 traffickers arrested in Gulu with 16kg Ivory and a rifle
Uganda, 17 Mar 20174 traffickers arrested in Gulu with 16kg Ivory. A serious security risk was dodged. One of the traffickers concealed in the sponge of the sit of his bike an AK47 assault rifle with a bullet already loaded in the chamber, ready to shoot.
4 traffickers arrested with 558 skins of protected animals
Senegal, 15 Mar 20174 traffickers arrested in the biggest crocodiles operation we ever had! Cecile Bloch and her team in a crackdown on reptiles skin trade. 91 crocodile skins were seized in a professional transformation center, together with 354 Python skins and 101 monitor lizards skins. Two of the four are from Mali.
