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A trafficker with 12 shells arrested
Togo, 10 Dec 2015Good operation in Togo arresting a cross-border trafficker with 12 sea turtle shells on the border between Ghana and Togo. Fabrice Ebeh's TALFF team worked with the Togolese authorities in the night to carry this arrest.
2 ape skulls traffickers arrested
Cameroon, 8 Dec 2015Two ape traffickers arrested in east Cameroon with 3 gorilla skulls, one weirdly painted chimps skull and an elephant tail. Serge and Gilbert still work hard to ensure the two remain behind bars.
2 notorious traffickers arrested with 206 kg of ivory
Gabon, 7 Dec 20152 notorious ivory traffickers Adamou Ba Mamadou and Adamou Nouhou, Gabonese with Nigerian and Cameroonian origin, were finally arrested by the Wildlife Authorities and the Judicial Police with the support of Conservation Justice, a NGO focusing on law enforcement, a member of the EAGLE Network.
Second chimp baby rescued
Guinea, 28 Nov 2015Another significant ape trafficker, who was playing a major role in large ape trafficking network in the region of Boke, was arrested
A trafficker arrested with 15 kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 26 Nov 2015Two weeks later another giant pangolin scales trafficker was arrested with 14 kg of scales as he attempted to sell the contraband.
2 ivory taffickers arrested
Uganda, 25 Nov 2015A few days after the last operation, two traffickers arrested with an elephant trunk. They are apart of a large ivory trafficking ring. Investigations continue aiming at more arrests. Vincent Opyene and his team fights to uncover more of this criminal network.
2 traffickers with chimp baby arrested
Guinea, 24 Nov 2015Successful operation in Guinea! A baby chimp rescued and two traffickers arrested. Charlotte Houpline and Mamadou Saidou worked hard to track an ape trafficking network that sold chimps to Chinese citizens in the past.
A trafficker with Colobus monkey skins arrested
Uganda, 13 Nov 2015Vincent's team got the arrest of a trafficker with skins of three totally protected Colobus monkeys!
An ape skulls trafficker arrested
Cameroon, 13 Nov 2015LAGA team hits again as an ape trafficker arrested with 12 gorillas skulls, 3 chimps skulls, 1 drill skulls and 2 monkey skulls.
A trafficker arrested with 100 kg of pangolin scales
Cameroon, 11 Nov 2015Trafficker arrested in the airport in Cameroon with 100kg giant pangolin scales. Arrey Emmanuel recruited informers that now paid off. When information came in Serge and Frisco Aime jumped on it and spent the night ambushing the trafficker. Tired but happy they caught the trafficker in the entrance to the airport.
2 leopard skin traffickers arrested
Gabon, 9 Nov 2015The Conservation Justice team is on a roll and collaborated with the Gabonese authorities on yet another array of two leopard skin traffickers.
2 operations in one day!
Gabon, 8 Nov 20152 traffickers with a pair of tusks and two leopard skins were arrested. Conservation Justice work with the Gabonese authorities reaches new heights.