LAGA ivory seizure in Djoum Cameroon before operation

• Cameroon TV news broadcast of a past seizure of ivory and apes implicating a fugitive apprehended in February 07. The Djoum area in the South of Cameroon has been identified as a hotspot for ivory trafficking that became flourishing in resent months following corruption and complicity of local officials. An operation on 26.2.07 brought to the arrest of two defaulters trading in totally protected species -- one is a known ivory dealer already a fugitive in another ivory case he was implicated in, the other is an ecoguard who admitted to work with the ivory dealer admitting to own protected species seized. The ecoguard, in trying to use his authority to protect the first ivory dealer incriminated himself in a grave case of corruption. This is the first case LAGA initiated against a corrupt Ministry official. Trade in live or part of protected animal species like elephants and apes is illegal according to cameroon wildlife law with a prison term of upto 3 years.

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