Activity report September 2009

Highlights

  • LAGA Activities replicated in the Central African Republic.
  • 2 principal International Ivory Dealers arrested in unprecedented operations in The Central African Republic.
  • About 1 ton of ivory seized during the bursting of an international ivory trade network in Douala – Littoral Region.
  • 4 dealers were sentenced this month.
  • A dealer, also a recidivist and threatened the team with his gun was arrested in Djoum – South Region for illegally trading in live primates other protected wildlife species.
  • Head of Legal Department makes a presentation on Internet wildlife trade during the Conference of the Interpol Wildlife Working Group in Brazil.