by Adam Cruise | Jan 30, 2023 | News
By Caroline Chebet, Standard Media On March 18, 2016, detection dogs attached to the canine unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport helped to bust a pangolin-trafficking network after sniffing out a consignment that had been declared as feathers. The...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 16, 2022 | News
Brendan Rascius, The News Observer man accused of trying to traffic millions of dollars worth of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns, both sourced from endangered species, was sentenced to prison, federal prosecutors said. Amara Cherif, a 57-year-old from...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 18, 2022 | News
By Bayo Akomolafe, New Telegraph Despite huge seizures, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is still battling smugglers from China, Vietnam and some South East Asian countries using Nigerian ports and porous borders as transit hub for the transshipment of pangolin scales...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 22, 2022 | News
By Aimable Twahirwa, Inter Press Service / All Africa KIGALI: For many years, East African countries were considered wildlife trafficking hotspots. Now conservation organisations have started to mobilise all stakeholders to combat the illegal trade that targets...
by Adam Cruise | Dec 10, 2021 | News
By Caitlin Looby – MongaBay The Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online has removed more than 11 million posts linked to the wildlife trade on platforms ranging from Facebook to eBay to Alibaba since it was established in 2018.But as more tech companies...
