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Namibian Wildlife Crimes article archive

This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:

  • provide easy public access to published information and statistics
  • enable easy stakeholder access to articles
  • provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia

Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife crime is one of the pressing environmental issues of our time.

Wildlife crime investigations are generally covert operations requiring utmost confidentiality to succeed. Investigations and prosecutions in complex cases may take months or even years to complete. For this reason, the information that can be released to the public without compromising cases is often limited. Nonetheless, the Namibian government strives to share as much information as possible with the public.

The Namibian media has welcomed this approach and regularly publishes statistics and feature articles on wildlife crime. These are entered into the database at regular intervals, creating a comprehensive archive of wildlife crime reporting in Namibia.

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Monday, 25 April 2022
Bafeli F 2022. Cameroon: Four traffickers arrested with 4 elephant tusks and other wildlife species.

Four traffickers have been arrested for trafficking in ivory tusk, pangolin, and chimpanzee.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Bafeli F 2022. Cameroon: A wildlife trafficker sentenced to more than a year in prison.

A wildlifetrafficker has been sentenced to more than a year in prison by the BertouaCourt of First Instance for trafficking in pangolin scales.

Thursday, 18 November 2021
Ngwenya T 2021. Two men nabbed with rhino horn in Gauteng testify that police solicited a R30K bribe to release them.

Police who arrested two men carrying a rhino horn on a highway near Witbank allegedly demanded a R30,000 bribe to release them.

Thursday, 27 May 2021
Narrandes N 2021. Pangolin poacher slapped with maximum sentence.

It’s estimated that at least 38 pangolins were poached during the pandemic as people become more desperate to make money.

Sunday, 14 June 2020
Breakfast S 2020. Limpopo man arrested after trying to sell live pangolin.

A tip-off led to the arrest of a man caught attempting to sell a live pangolin.

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