by Adam Cruise | Apr 13, 2023 | News
By Boris Ngounou, Afrik 21 Four individuals involved in the illegal trafficking of four ivory tips were arrested on April 5 and 6, 2023 in Makokou, a town in northeastern Gabon. The elephant population in Gabon remains threatened despite regular ivory seizures by...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 2, 2022 | News
By Natalie Swaby – King5 SEATTLE — The multi-billion-dollar industry of illegally trafficking wildlife was front and center in federal court on Tuesday morning. The Homeland Security investigation led to two foreign nationals being arrested in Edmonds in...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 20, 2022 | News
By Boris Ngounou, Afrik21 The Gabonese authorities have just arrested an alleged wildlife trafficker. The latter was caught in the act of holding and selling about twenty kilograms of ivory. In Gabon, elephants are protected by the wildlife law in force. A young...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 7, 2022 | News
By Lyndie Whiz, Zim Live A game ranger, a police officer and a retired police officer were charged Wednesday for unlawful possession of 28.35kg of ivory. Hwange National Park ranger Simibio Kakomo, 38, Shepherd Musiniwa, 31, who works for the Police Support Unit based...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 14, 2021 | News
By Reuters WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed visa restrictions on eight individuals it said were wildlife traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an effort to disrupt the illicit trade, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. The State Department...
