This archive of published media articles about wildlife crime in Namibia aims to:
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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The trial of four Chinese citizens accused of having tried to smuggle two suitcases containing rhino horns out of Namibia in March last year is scheduled to continue in the Windhoek Regional Court next month.
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NAM_2015-12_Rhino horn trial moves on to defence case_The Namibian.pdf | 576.98 KB |
The killing of rhinoceroses in the supposed safety of Etosha National Park is continuing, despite intensified efforts to clamp down on poaching in Namibia. The carcasses of another two black rhinos that had been killed for their horns were found in the south-western part of Etosha National Park early last week, a police spokesperson, chief inspector Kauna Shikwambi, confirmed on Friday. Shikwambi said both carcasses were found in the area between the Otjovasando air strip and Renostervlei in the far western part of Etosha. The horns of both animals had been removed.
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NAM_2015-11_Rhino slaughter continues_The Namibian.pdf | 209.33 KB |
Court evidence reveals the typical methdology deployed by one of five organised crime syndicates believed to be active in Namibian wildlife trafficking, reports John Grobler.
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Oxpeckers_Inner workings of a Chinese poaching syndicate.pdf | 1.68 MB |
The four Chinese men accused of having tried to smuggle a hoard of rhino horns out of Namibia in March last year is due to continue in the Windhoek Regional Court in September.
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NAM_2015-08_Rhino contraband trial continues next month_The Namibian.pdf | 261.57 KB |
One of the Chinese men accused of trying to smuggle 14 rhino horns out of Namibia in March last year admitted yesterday that he knew he was carrying controlled wildlife products in two suitcases which he was planning to take to China.
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NAM_2015-07_Chinese man admits smuggling rhino horns_Namibian.pdf | 543.73 KB |
A 10-month-long investigation by John Grobler uncovers the political and commercial agendas driving the world’s largest black rhino population towards extinction.
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Oxpeckers_Caught in the crossfire_how cattle and Chinese mining interests are killing off Namibia.pdf | 759.26 KB |
The three Chinese men accused of trying to smuggle 14 rhinoceros horns out of Namibia in March last year could be joined in the dock by a compatriot, after another suspect was arrested in connection with their case this week. The fourth suspect to be arrested about the alleged attempt to smuggle rhino horns and a leopard skin out of Namibia on 24 March last year is a 40-year-old Chinese resident of Otjiwarongo, Wang Hui, who was apprehended in Windhoek on Monday evening.
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NAM_2015-05_Fourth Chinese charged over rhino horns_The Namibian.pdf | 507.01 KB |
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Oxpeckers_Namibias national soccer medic linked to rhino poaching and murder.pdf | 1.28 MB |
The Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) has launched an internal investigation after it was presented with a letter in mid-December outlining possible collusion between some staff members and poachers who have killed at least 18 critically endangered Kunene black rhinos since late 2012. The crisis at the SRT is however just part of a larger one in anti-poaching law enforcement and natural resource management in the so-called “Big Three” communal conservancies - Palmwag, Abenab and Sesfontein - in southern Kunene.
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NAM_2015-01_Wildlife staff probed in Kunene rhino poaching_The Namibian.pdf | 881.87 KB |
The three Chinese men accused of trying to smuggle 14 rhino horns out of Namibia in March this year will have to stand trial on three main charges in the Windhoek Regional Court, the prosecutor general has decided.
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NAM_2014-12_Rhino horn case sent to Regional Court_The Namibian.pdf | 274.12 KB |
How did ‘Boxer’ die? Why are dead rhinos being found in the area his team patrolled? John Grobler digs up strange secrets surrounding the deaths of black rhinos in the Kunene region of Namibia.
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Oxpeckers_Strange death of a rhino protector.pdf | 381.08 KB |
A reward of N$30 000 is being offered for information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the people responsible for the poaching of a rhinoceros in Namibia's premier wildlife sanctuary, the Etosha National Park, about a week ago.
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NAM_2014-10_Reward for info on Etosha rhino poaching_The Namibian.pdf | 724.33 KB |
The three Chinese men accused of trying to smuggle two suitcases with rhino horns out of Namibia in March pleaded not guilty to all charges against them during their latest court appearance yesterday.
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NAM_2014-10_Chinese trio denies rhino horn charges_The Namibian.pdf | 838.56 KB |
The case in which three Chinese men are charged with trying to smuggle 14 rhino horns out of Namibia near the end of March has again been postponed for further investigations to be carried out.
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NAM_2014-08_Rhino horn smuggling case postponed_The Namibian.pdf | 245.5 KB |
The three Chinese men charged with trying to smuggle 14 rhino horns out of Namibia at the end of March had their hopes of being released on bail dashed yesterday.
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NAM_2014-05_No bail in rhino horn smuggling case_The Namibian.pdf | 634.14 KB |
DNA tests done in South Africa indicate that the rhino horns allegedly discovered in the luggage of three Chinese men at Hosea Kutako International Airport at the end of March were of Namibian origin.
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NAM_2014-05_DNA links rhino horns to Namibia_The Namibian.pdf | 704.14 KB |
One of the Chinese men accused of trying to smuggle two suitcases containing rhino horns out of Namibia near the end of March told a magistrate yesterday that four of his front teeth were knocked out when he was assaulted by detainees in police custody.
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NAM_2014-05_Alleged rhino horn smuggler reports cell assault_The Namibian.pdf | 941.6 KB |
Three Chinese men appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday in connection with the discovery of 14 rhino horns in luggage at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Monday.
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NAM_2014-03_Chinese men charged with rhino horn smuggling_The Namibian_0.pdf | 578.36 KB |
Three Chinese men appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday in connection with the discovery of 14 rhino horns in luggage at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Monday.
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NAM_2014-03_Chinese men charged with rhino horn smuggling_The Namibian.pdf | 578.36 KB |
An Omaruru farmer sent to prison in April for killing a suspected poacher on his property has been released on bail pending the hearing of an appeal in the High Court.
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NAM_2013-08_Jailed farmer gets bail_The Namibian_0.pdf | 269.89 KB |
An Omaruru farmer sent to prison in April for killing a suspected poacher on his property has been released on bail pending the hearing of an appeal in the High Court.
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NAM_2013-08_Jailed farmer gets bail_The Namibian.pdf | 269.89 KB |
The trial of two men accused of selling a rhino horn to an undercover police informer has been interrupted after both of them got new defence lawyers to represent them.
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NAM_2013-02_Rhino deal suspects replace lawyers_The Namibian.pdf | 211.96 KB |