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.
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.
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.
5 arrest operations against 12 dealers; 2 of the operations within 2 days.
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.
3 parrot dealers of Ghanaian nationality sentenced in Douala – Littoral.
A recidivist ivory dealer arrested in Lomie – East.
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 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.
A dealer arrested in Kribi – South Region with 2sea turtle shells, as a continuation of the crackdown on illegal trade in these products.
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 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.
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
