Following a long term undercover investigation on an international ivory trafficking sea route, two traffickers were arrested in the Libreville sea port with 18 ivory tusks weighing a total of 178 kg on its way to board a ship. The record seizure for Libreville is a testament of the gravity of ivory trafficking and the […]
Kenyan authorities have arrested five ivory smugglers holding Vietnamese passports as the East African nation stepped up anti-poaching measures. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the five suspects were arrested on Tuesday night at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while on transit from Luanda, Angola to Bangkok, Thailand, aboard a Kenya Airways flight KQ771. The KWS announcement comes in the wake of Jan. 15’s seizure of […]
Vatican responds to National Geographic about the religious use of ivory. It’s a very long and articulated answer from the director of the Vatican press office who is also committing to a few communication activities through “some Vatican organizations”. We praise the effort and we hope the Vatican will do now what it preaches, especially […]
Officials in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have impounded more than 600 pieces of ivory, weighing two tonnes. “They were labelled as decorating stones and were headed to Indonesia from Tanzania,” a police source based at the port told AFP on condition of anonymity. The head of operations at the port confirmed the seizure, […]
Huge stockpile of ‘white gold’ that has been seized by customs officers needs to be better secured, says head of conservation group. A leading expert on elephant conservation has urged the government to step up security at a top-secret location housing a massive stockpile of elephant ivory. She cited fears it may be targeted by […]
In 2011, an estimated 40 tonnes of illegal ivory was seized worldwide, representing thousands of dead elephants. So far this year about 28 tonnes has reportedly been seized but the number is expected to climb as more data comes in. “The last four years since 2009 are four of our five highest volume years in […]
Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of ivory, some 1,500 tusks, worth almost $20-million. The tusks were found this week hidden within timber planks and destined for China’s ivory market. Hidden in 10 crates shipped in two cargo containers, the tusks were found at the port near Kuala Lumpur. The shipment had come from Togo in […]
Large operation and 48 kg ivory seized in Kenya. Kenya Wildlife Service said they have seized 48 kg of ivory, over 700 rounds of ammunition and arrested 46 suspected poachers from across the country in anti-poaching operations in the past week. The anti-poaching efforts and subsequent arrests were made in different parts of the country […]
Gabon – On Tuesday 13th November, 2 ivory traffickers have been arrested by forestry officials and “contre-ingérences”, with support and information from Conservation Justice (http://www.conservation-justice.org). They had 40 kg of ivory they were trying to sell. They will be transferred to the Libreville tribunal on Monday to be judged. One of them is probably one […]
Our Partner “Conservation Justice”, the first and only wildlife law enforcement NGO in Gabon and part of the LAGA (Last Great Ape Organization) family, conducted and facilitated an anti-trafficking operation at the Libreville airport (Gabon), with customs and the Forest Ministry. In JUST 10 days and on ONLY a fraction of the suitcases, they found […]
