Tucked away in a back alley, up a crumbling staircase, is Abu Mohamed’s workshop, where he carves and sells illegal ivory goods in the heart of Cairo’s historic bazaar. “It’s the best quality from Kenya,” he said, brandishing an elephant tusk intricately inscribed with Quranic verses. Behind him, dusty glass cabinets are bursting with ivory […]
LEAK Country/Region: Eastern Africa Topic: Ivory traffic Prominent politician involved in multi-country ivory traffic. Government building apparently used in a few occasions to temporarily store and hide the ivory. Subject allegedly involved also in drug trafficking and in protecting other traffickers. Confirmed by multiple sources (to WildLeaks). Status: Ongoing Preliminary findings shared with an international […]
Two transit passengers caught with pieces of elephant tusk in luggage Dubai Airport Security caught two Asian passengers who had 16 pieces of African elephant tusk in their luggage. The two travelers were coming from Africa on their way back to their home country through Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3, where security found the ivory […]
South Africa, bail application of a suspected rhino poaching syndicate has revealed intricate details of what goes on behind the slaughter of the animals. The 10 accused are believed to have conducted an intricate operation in which they had a specialized pilot who flew them around game reserves where they killed the protected species. They […]
Open Development Camp 2014 in Amsterdam – Friday October 10th A presentation of WildLeaks. Meet the founder. Join us at #ODC14 to explore: – How (and even if) open works to empower local communities; – How to overcome challenges and stay away from the dark sides of open; – How open should be anchored in […]
A year-long investigation has exposed official complicity in slaughter for the ivory trade. By WildLeaks’s partner the Oxpeckers Centre for Investigative Environmental Journalism. The poaching networks on the ground consist of armed hunters: Mozambicans, Tanzanians and Somalis with high-calibre weapons. They smuggle their illegal proceeds through Mozambican ports, airports and borders, destined mainly for China […]
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n. 2. Collaborate CGI commitments that involve partnerships have been more successful in reaching goals, according to an analysis of commitments from 2005 to 2013. And, compared to earlier commitments, more commitment-makers now rely on inter-sector partnerships. When Chelsea Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jointly announced several new commitments dedicated to saving […]
By Alex Hofford – National Geographic It is a little known fact that the blame for the elephant poaching crisis of the 1980s, which resulted in the global ivory ban of 1989, can be laid squarely at the feet of the Hong Kong ivory traders. And now they’re at it again……. …..It’s a moral outrage […]
The census will be based on aerial counts of the elephant population, using four light aircraft and a helicopter. These aircraft are expected to fly for about 425 hours during the two month survey. The census is budgeted at around 500,000 US dollars. Mozambique’s elephants are being target by organized criminal gangs, responding to the […]
