December 2010 Report

   Highlights

• 3 international wildlife traffickers arrested in Buea – South West Region with about 700
  African Grey Parrots and corruption attempts observed.
• 2 other arrest operations carried out against 2 dealers.
• A female wildlife dealer sentenced to 8 months imprisonment in Sangmelima – South.
• The first edition of the LAGA Replication Manual completed and printed.
• The 7th edition of Wildlife Justice on Replication and Regional Law Enforcement
  published.
• The year ended with excellent results from all the Departments.

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November 2010 Report

   Highlights

•  4 arrest operations carried out in 4 different countries with the arrest of a total of 21
  major dealers within 5 days in Regional Law Enforcement.
• Gabon- Conservation Justice arrests 16 ivory dealers in 3 operations with 105Kg ivory.
• 4 arrest operations carried out against 6 major dealers in Cameroon.
• LAGA receives 2 trainees from the PALF (Congo – Brazzaville) and AALF (Gabon)
  projects.

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October 2010 Report

   Highlights 

• LAGA Director met the MINFOF Minister to sign the new MoU for the next two years.
• An arrest operation carried out against 3 ivory dealers in Yaounde – Center.
• An Egyptian involved in the illegal trade of ivory following an arrest operation in Yaounde – Center. His involvement in international ivory trade still being investigated.
• The LAGA Director visits Malawi and Zambia to give recommendations on how to re-launch wildlife law enforcement using the LAGA experience.
• 4 dealers were sentenced this month.

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September 2010 Report

  Highlights 

• 5 arrest operations against 12 dealers; 2 of the operations within 2 days.
• LAGA participates in the Conference of the Interpol Wildlife Working group in Lyon – France where he made a presentation on the collaboration between NGO and Government in the fight against wildlife crime.
• 1 week training, capacity building and restructuring carried out in Investigations Department geared at producing better results and to follow the right procedures.

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August 2010 Report

   Highlights

• 4 arrests in 1 day in 2 different parts of Cameroon – 2 dealers arrested with 13 Turtle shells in Limbe – South West; 2 dealers in leopard skin arrested in Sangmelima - South.

• A dealer in ivory sentenced in Abong Mbang - East.
• LAGA assists in the burial of the wife of a LAGA member in Nkambe – North West. 

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July 2010 Report

Highlights

• 3 parrot dealers of Ghanaian nationality sentenced in Douala – Littoral.
• A recidivist ivory dealer arrested in Lomie – East. 

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June 2010 Report

 Highlights 

• 5 arrest operations against 6 dealers; 4 of the operations within 1 week.
• A highly placed government official implicated in illegal wildlife trade and corruption sent to early retirement.
• A dealer sentenced to 1 month prison term in Nkambe – North West Region.
• LAGA received high recognition in the fight against corruption this month.

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May 2010 Report

Highlights 

• A major dealer arrested with 50 python skins in Nkambe – North West Region.
• A parrot capturer belonging to a network arrested in Kribi – South Region while trying to illegally trade in parrots.
• 1 case sentenced this month in Bamenda – North West Region. 

•  LAGA presents during the conference of the Interpol Environmental working group in Ivory Coast.

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April 2010 Report 

 Highlights

• A dealer arrested in Kribi – South Region with 2sea turtle shells, as a continuation of the crackdown on illegal trade in these products.
• 4 dealers were sentenced this month – 2 in Bafoussam and 2 in Kribi.

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March 2010 Report

 

Highlights

 

• 2 ivory dealers involved in 1 ton ivory trafficking sentenced to 1 year imprisonment and to pay a record sum of over $116,500 as fines and damages.
• 2 dealers arrested in Kribi – South Region with 14 sea turtle shells, an areawhere several projects claimed to work on the protection of sea turtles for years.
• Ivory dealer arrested in Abong Mbang – East Region with elephant tusks.
• 3 cases were prosecuted this month against 4 dealers.
• LAGA participates in the 15^th CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP) in Doha - Qatar.

 

 

February Report 2010 

Highlights  

• 3 international parrot traffickers arrested in Douala – Littoral, more than 300 parrots seized exposing more of this trade due to lack of prosecutions.
• Ivory dealer sentenced to 8 months imprisonment in Yaounde.
• LAGA Annual Report for 2009 completed.

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January Report 2010

  Highlights  

• Operations started against 4 international parrot traffickers in Douala – Littoral following the seizure of more than 1000 parrots.

• A principal Internet wildlife dealer arrested in Buea – South West Region 
• 3 cases sentenced this month against 4 dealers. 

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