Activity reports 2017

Activity report December 2017

Activity report December 2017
Legal assistance provided to Djoum wildlife officials following the arrest of 2 traffickers and seizure of 216 tusks in a military car.

Activity report November 2017

Activity report November 2017
6 traffickers arrested during 2 different operations, ivory tusks and pangolin scales seized. 3 traffickers arrested in Sangmelima with 4 ivory tusks and 2 of the tusks trafficked from Gabon. 3 traffickers arrested in Douala with over 128kg of pangolin scales from a criminal ring that operated in the East and Littoral Regions.

Activity report October 2017

Activity report October 2017
6 traffickers arrested during 3 different operations, ivory, pangolin scales and leopard skins seized 2 traffickers arrested in Yaounde with two ivory tusks. 2 traffickers arrested in Ebolowa with over 50kg of pangolin scales that were trafficked from as far as Gabon and Congo.

Activity report September 2017

Activity report September 2017
7 traffickers arrested during 3 different operations, 2 chimps and a mandrill seized during the operations. 2 baby chimpanzees rescued; 5 ape traffickers arrested during 2 operations in Djoum and Manjo. 2 traffickers arrested with a live mandrill and pangolin scales in Yaounde

Activity report August 2017

Activity report August 2017
A baby chimp rescued and ape trafficker arrested with additional pangolin scales in Ebolowa, South Region.

Activity report July 2017

Activity report July 2017
A trafficker arrested with ivory contraband during an operation carried out in Yoko, Centre Region.

Activity report June 2017

Activity report June 2017
3 traffickers arrested during two operations. A trafficker arrested with a leopard skin and 45kg of pangolin scales in Yaounde. He traveled from Douala with the contraband. 2 ape traffickers arrested and a trafficking ring crushed as 2 adult chimps rescued. Chimps immediately taken to Limbe Wildlife Centre

Activity report May 2017

Activity report May 2017
A trafficker arrested with two carved ivory tusks.

Activity report April 2017

Activity report April 2017
5 traffickers arrested during 3 operations. A Reverend Father arrested in Sangmelima, South Region with ivory tusks, leopard skins and teeth from the freshly killed animal. 3 major traffickers arrested in Meiganga in the Adamoua Region with lion, leopard and crocodile skins. A pangolin scales trafficker arrested with 94 kg of pangolin scales in Messamena in the East Region.

Activity report March 2017

Activity report March 2017
2 traffickers including a Ghanaian national arrested during an operation targeting an international network of parrot traffickers.

Activity report February 2017

Activity report February 2017
This month no operations took place, new strategies are formulated to ensure more arrests next month.

Activity report January 2017

Activity report January 2017
4 traffickers arrested during 2 record breaking operations. / Biggest ever seizure of pangolin scales in Central Africa, 5.4 tons seized; 2 Chinese arrested. / First ever seizure of zebra skins in the country, 2 traffickers arrested