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2 traffickers arrested with 12 chimpanzee skulls
Cameroon, 9 Jun 2016Two traffickers arrested with 12 chimpanzee skulls. The chimps were killed and continue to be killed for the international trade in the Dja Resrve - a world heritage site.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks
Benin, 4 Jun 2016An ivory trafficker arrested with 6 tusks
An ivory trafficker arrested with 1,081 pieces
Senegal, 3 Jun 2016An ivory trafficker arrested with 789 ivory bracelets, 268 elephant hair bracelets, 12 lion nails, giraffe's tail bracelets and others. Total of 1081 illegal items.
2 ivory traffickers arrested with 124 kg of ivory
Togo, 3 Jun 2016Great work by the TALFF team - two Nigerians arrested on the border with Benin with 124 kg of Ivory. They concealed it in a hidden compartment in their track.
3 ivory traffickers arrested, one of them a corrupt Military officer
Gabon, 31 May 20163 ivory traffickers arrested with 16 kg of ivory, one of them a corrupt Military man – an officer of the prison security force.
A sea turtle trafficker arrested
Gabon, 31 May 2016Cecile Bloch led the team getting the arrest of a sea turtle shells trafficker with 16 shells. He sold a similar quantity just before the arrest, showing the contraband sleazed is just a snapshot of constant intense illegal trade. The operation was carried in a push to get operations still in May month.
A trafficker arrested with 2 tusks
Togo, 28 May 2016A trafficker arrested in the center of the country with 2 tusks of a very young elephant. The TALFF team continues with renewed efforts to get more arrests soon.
A bird trafficker arrested with two ostriches
Guinea, 27 May 2016A bird trafficker arrested with two ostriches trafficked from Mali! Mamadou Saidou struggled to get a good operation for GALF this month and now succeeded. Interrogation continues for links with Mali trafficking links.
Saving the African Manatee
Cameroon, 26 May 2016The African manatee is silently racing towards extinction as threats to its survival keep growing by the day. Unfortunately, current conservation efforts are still struggling to keep up with the pace of these threats, but the tide may be turning, as two dedicated marine biologists, with the support from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, are standing up for the elusive species that is also called “Mami Wata” in Cameroon.
A trafficker arrested with 3 pieces of ivory and leopard skin
Gabon, 25 May 2016Gabon hits again! The conservation Justice team collaborated with authorities on another arrest today, of a Malian Ivory trafficker with Ivory and a leopard skin in Mouila.
Who is gaining from illegal wildlife trade?
24 May 2016TV show on Aljazeera “Inside story - Who is gaining from illegal wildlife trade?, Ofir Drori and two more conservationists discussed the new UN report on wildlife crime.
An ivory trafficker arrested with 4 tusks
Gabon, 23 May 2016An ivory trafficker arrested in Port Gentil with 4 tusks, weighting 5 kg, in a joint operation of AALF team and Police. He was caught red handed when he was trying to sell the tusks, cut in 8 pieces and hidden in a bag. He was claiming, that he shot the elephants by himself in self defence, but the investigation uncovered that he is a trafficker with connection to a wide ring of criminals.
