8 Articles match "Africa","Trafficking"

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• Largest Ever Trafficking Bust in Africa
  
  An operation across five Africa countries over weekend, targeting wildlife crime has led to arrest of almost 60 people and seizure of one ton of illegal elephant ivory, Interpol has reported. Tags: wildlife crime ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants Just five days ago.
  Critter News - Saturday, November 22, 2008
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• Huge Ivory Seizure in Africa
  
  More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international operation targeting wildlife crime across Eastern Africa, the Kenya Wildlife Service and INTERPOL announced today. Tags: ivory wildlife trafficking africa elephants From the Environment News Service.
  Critter News - Thursday, December 3, 2009
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• Ivory Bigger than Drugs in Africa
  
  Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa trafficking asia elephants Sad, sad, sad. Why doesn't this greed ever end? Ivory means NOTHING. It's just a material. From the AFP.
  Critter News - Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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• Thai Police Arrest Ivory Traffickers
  
  Police arrested two Thai nationals for trafficking in African ivory. Tags: ivory africa poaching trafficking thailand elephants Unfortunately, if they are found guilty, they would face a maximum of only four years in jail. The fines could be up to 40,000 baht (1,150 dollars). Anyone know?
  Critter News - Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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• Zambian Police Officers Caught in Ivory Trafficking
  
  ZAMBIA Wildlife Authority (Zawa) yesterday arrested four people, including two police officers, in Kafue for trafficking in ivory and rhino horns worth more than K1 billion. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa zambia trafficking elephants 36 elephants? That's a huge slaughter in my opinion.
  Critter News - Monday, March 2, 2009
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• Congo Officer Arrested for Baby Chimp Sales
  
  No wonder wildlife trafficking is such a problem. Tags: iccn chimpanzees wildlife trafficking africa congo Even members of the army are involved. In this case, someone confused a baby chimp with a baby gorilla. ICCN (Congolese Wildlife Authority) rangers received a tip-off that someone in Goma was trying to sell a baby gorilla.
  Critter News - Monday, August 25, 2008
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• Internet Exploits Cameroon's Primates
  
  Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon This is totally fraudulent, however, because CITES bans international trade and does not issues such permits.
  Critter News - Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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• The Irony of The Girl Effect
  
  For example, Oprah (or Kristof) said: "At the peak of the transatlantic slave trade, 80,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the new world. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics animal rights Half the Sky human trafficking Nicholas Kristoff Oprah Sheryl WuDunn The Girl Effect The Nike Foundation veganism Sex slavery.
  Animal Person - Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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