Activity reports 2018

Activity report December 2018

Activity report December 2018
5 wildlife traffickers arrested in Abong Mbang in the East Region with over 31kg of pangolin scales. 2 traffickers slammed one-year jail term following their arrest in March with ivory, hunting rifle and military fatigues.

Activity report November 2018

Activity report November 2018
The Deputy Director participated at the 18th Meeting of Parties of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership in Brussels, Belgium. A legal adviser did a presentation on LAGA’s experience in fighting corruption during a sub-regional workshop that held in Sangmelima. The Deputy Director was a guest at a lunch that brought together some NGO officials offered by the Head of European Union Delegation at his residence.

Activity report October 2018

Activity report October 2018
The Deputy Director held a working session with customs officials to prepare an MoU to be signed between the two parties.

Activity report September 2018

Activity report September 2018
4 traffickers arrested in Yaounde, dismantling of a network activating several low level pangolin scales traffickers and poachers in the South. / A policeman was among the four arrested who admitted to bribing at a gendarmerie control post. / Corruption charges were brought against the traffickers that admitted to have bribed gendarmerie control post with 400 000 FCFA.

Activity report August 2018

Activity report August 2018
Crackdown on international syndicated of pangolin scales traffickers carried out in Douala. 6 traffickers arrested with 718kg of pangolin scales, over 600kg were giant pangolin scales transported from Bangui in the Central Africa Republic.

Activity report July 2018

Activity report July 2018
2 ape traffickers arrested in Douala and a juvenile male chimp rescued.

Activity report June 2018

Activity report June 2018
LAGA Director arrived the country for a series of meetings with the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife and diplomatic officials.

Activity report May 2018

Activity report May 2018
8 traffickers arrested during 3 different operations, ivory, hippo teeth and pangolin scales seized / 4 traffickers arrested in Santchou with ivory, pangolin scales and elephant bones / A trafficker arrested in Bertoua with 7 ivory tusks and hippo teeth / 3 traffickers arrested in Doume with over 35 kg of pangolin scales

Activity report April 2018

Activity report April 2018
Two mandrills rescued in Ambam, one trafficker arrested

Activity report March 2018

Activity report March 2018
5 traffickers arrested during 2 operations, with raw and carved ivory and a gun / 3 arrested in Ebolowa during first operation with 4 ivory tusks and a gun / Crackdown on an arts shop selling ivory in a hotel in Yaounde. The owner and the seller both arrested with 121 carved ivory pieces.

Activity report February 2018

Activity report February 2018
A traffickers arrested with 37kg of pangolin scales, 6 hippo teeth and 2 python skins.

Activity report January 2018

Activity report January 2018
3 traffickers arrested, live chimp rescued and 80kg of pangolin scales seized; LAGA resumed work after an annual vacation