Showing posts with label WILDLIFE TRAFFICKERS. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

IVORY KINGPIN ARRESTED BY TOGOLESE AUTHORITIES

Confiscated ivory tusks.  Credit:  U.S. State Department
FROM:  U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT 
IN THE NEWS: Togo Authorities Arrest Ivory Kingpin in Lomé
Date: 09/27/2013 Description: Confiscated ivory tusks. 

Earlier this summer, Togolese law enforcement authorities arrested suspected wildlife trafficker Emile N’Bouké and seized 700 kg of ivory. Recently featured on ABC’s Nightline, N’Bouké who is alleged to be a major ivory dealer in West Africa believed to be responsible for two ivory shipments totaling more than 6.2 tons that were seized by authorities in the last seven months. Although there are no elephants in Togo, the small West African nation is a key shipping hub for international wildlife traffickers elsewhere on the continent.

INL is assisting in global efforts to combat trafficking of wildlife and wildlife parts, including through $10 million in related assistance for Kenya, South Africa, and regional Africa programs that President Obama announced during his visit to Tanzania earlier this year.

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