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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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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Smit E 2019. 16 arrested for wildlife crimes: Protected wildlife species continue to be illegally hunted in northern Namibia.

Sixteen suspects were arrested in connection with wildlife crimes in the past week. Eight of the suspects are Namibians and the rest Zambians. Statistics provided by the Protected Resource Division of the Namibian police and the Intelligence and Investigation Unit of the environment ministry indicate that a total of 21 wildlife products were seized last week.

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NAM_2019-10_16 arrested for wildlife crime_Namibian Sun.pdf 114.31 KB
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Thursday, 10 October 2019
Smit E 2019. Organised crime low in Namibia.

Namibia is among the countries with the lowest level of organised crime in Africa. This is according to a report by the Enact project, financed by the European Union (EU).

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NAM_2019-10_Organised crime low in Namibia_Namibian Sun.pdf 93.49 KB
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Thursday, 10 October 2019
Smit E 2019. 100 pieces of ivory confiscated: Wildlife crime is not showing any signs of abating.

One-hundred pieces of elephant tusk were seized and two suspects were arrested in Katutura during an operation by the Blue Rhino Task Team last week.

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NAM_2019-10_100 pieces of ivory confiscated_Namibian Sun.pdf 106.78 KB
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