Major Breakthrough: 34 Traffickers Arrested In Massive Crackdown On Wildlife Crime In Africa
Arrested Wildlife Traffickers By Raymond Dingana Wild life traffickers operating in some African countries are having sleepless nights ever since a major crackdown on their activities intensified. 34 wildlife traffickers were arrested across five African countries during the first half of this year. The traffickers were arrested in Congo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo and Cameroon during crackdown operations carried out under the framework of the government’s collaboration with the EAGLE network that assists wildlife officials in the application of the wildlife law in these countries.They were arrested while trafficking in parts of protected wildlife species including leopard skins, elephant tusks, and also live hyenas. 16 leopard skins were seized during operations carried out in Ivory Coast, Congo and Senegal with at least 22 traffickers arrested. Nine ivory traffickers were arrested with over 21kg of elephant tusks representing nine elephant tusks. Three live animal traffick...
