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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.
A leopard skins trafficker arrested
Togo, 21 May 2016TALFF passed a time with no operations and hopefully, and with the help of Gabon, it's a signal of getting back to action and carrying bigger operations soon.
2 more ivory traffickers arrested
Uganda, 19 May 2016Two Ivory traffickers specialized in cross border trafficking arrested near the border with Tanzania. One of them has been using his dual Ugandan Tanzanian nationality in their organized Ivory smuggling from Tanzania to Uganda.
An armed police officer arrested
Uganda, 18 May 2016Another armed police officer was arrested in connection to traffickers arrested one day ago. Vincent's team continues the push against corruption!
2 ivory traffickers arrested including a military officer
Uganda, 17 May 2016And EAGLE Uganda hits again with another blow against corruption. Two Ivory traffickers arrested with 12 Ivory pieces. One of them a military officer attached to the state house. Vincent Opyene and his team fearlessly going after corruption once again.
2 reptile traffickers arrested with 120 chameleons
Uganda, 12 May 20162 reptile traffickers arrested with 120 protected chameleons in the east of the country.
3 traffickers arrested with 70 kg of pangolin scales
Benin, 11 May 2016The two Guineans and one from Benin got arrested in the airport area following an investigation on cross order trafficking Jules Dovi leading the team in the field keep on fighting to ensure they stay behind bars, as investigations continue.
