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3 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and 3 Aardvark feet
Senegal, 12 Apr 20223 traffickers arrested with 2 leopard skins and 3 Aardvark feet. The trafficking ring has been active for two decades generating the killings of big cats in the east of the country and the Niokolo-Koba national park.
A trafficker arrested and a mandrill rescued
Cameroon, 8 Apr 2022A trafficker arrested and a mandrill rescued in Douala. The trafficker was supplied with the mandrill a few months before and was trying to get a high profit for it. The mandrill was tied with a metal chain in his dirty yard. Good work of the LAGA team with the authorities.
4 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and several carved ivory items, an elephant tail and 8 pieces of elephant hide, a hippo skull and teeth , 8 crocodile skins
Burkina Faso, 8 Apr 20224 traffickers arrested with an elephant tusk and several carved ivory items, an elephant tail and 8 pieces of elephant hide, a hippo skull and teeth , 8 crocodile skins and more. Good work of Josias and his team with the authorities.
A trafficker arrested with 328Kg of pangolin scales
Ivory Coast, 7 Apr 2022a trafficker arrested with 328Kg of pangolin scales! This is a hit on an organized criminal ring attacked already twice in the past years.
A trafficker arrested with 2 gorilla skulls, a chimp skull and 5 other primate skulls
Cameroon, 5 Apr 2022A trafficker arrested with 2 gorilla skulls, a chimp skull and 5 other primate skulls! He has been a regular trafficker in skulls and reptiles with international connections in Europe.
2 chimps rescued and a traditional chief arrested
Cameroon, 28 Mar 20222 chimps rescued and a traditional chief arrested in Yaounde. He had iron cages to hold wild animals including these baby chimps that kept holding the bars watching the outside.
A trafficker arrested with 5 tusks and 1 elephant tail.
Ivory Coast, 21 Mar 2022A trafficker arrested in the northern town of Bondoukou with 5 tusks and 1 elephant tail. He admitted killing the elephants in the Comoe National Park that has only about 120 wild elephants left!The operation was done with the special UCT unit and wildlife authorities.
3 traffickers arrested in Lomé with 6 elephant tusks
Togo, 21 Mar 20223 traffickers arrested in Lomé with 6 elephant tusks. Darius and his team maneuvered the tricky and careful traffickers till a successful arrest with the OCRTIDB special unit and wildlife authorities.
4 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks
Congo, 19 Mar 20224 ivory traffickers arrested with 14 tusks ! Some of baby elephants massacred for their tiny tusks. Great work again if Tiffany’s team with the Congolese authorities on this ring’s crackdown.
6 trafficker arrested with 5 tusks and chimp meat
Cameroon, 15 Mar 20226 trafficker arrested with 5 tusks and chimp meat in a crackdown on a criminal ring in the south of the country. A dead pangolin and other bushmeat has also been seized.
2 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks
Gabon, 7 Mar 20222 traffickers arrested with 2 tusks. Good work of Conservation Justice with the authorities
two traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a civet skin.
Cameroon, 23 Feb 2022Two traffickers arrested with a leopard skin and a civet skin. Good work of the LAGA team with the authorities.