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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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Assets and goods seized and forfeited to the state during the finalisation of wildlife crime cases at special courts last year were valued at more than N$4 million. The seized items included illegal wildlife products, firearms and vehicles used in wildlife crimes. According to the Wildlife Protection and Law Enforcement Report in Namibia, the judicial system faces a range of challenges in dealing with high rates of crime and ensuring justice is served; a central hurdle is a growing backlog of cases on the court rolls. "This has…
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| NAM_2023_07_Special wildlife crime courts highly effective_Namibian Sun.pdf | 332.47 KB |
Namibia ist zu einem Kanal für den Abalone-Schmuggel (Meeresschnecke) von Südafrika nach China geworden. Sie gilt als eine der teuersten Meeresfrüchtearten weltweit. Zahlreiche Abalone-Arten kommen in den Weltmeeren vor, wobei die südafrikanische Abalone (Haliotis midae), auch Perlemoen- balone genannt, als eine der besten gilt. "Diese Art ist an ihrer Größe und den tiefen, strahlenden Lamellen auf ihrem Panzer zu erkennen", heißt es im Bericht der "Wildlife Protection and Law Enforcement in Namibia" für 2022.
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| NAM_2023_07_Namibia wird zur Schmuggel_Route_Allgemeine Zeitung.pdf | 380.32 KB |
| NAM_2023_07_Namibia becomes a smuggling route_Allgemeine Zeitung_Eng.pdf | 411.76 KB |
Namibië het 'n deurgangsroete geword vir perlemoensmokkelary vanuit Suid-Afrika na China. Volgens 'n 2022-verslag oor wildbeskerming en wetstoepassing in Namibië is die bestaan van wettige perlemoenboerdery in Namibië gebruik as ’n front vir vervalste dokumentasie van perlemoenbesendings waarop beslag gelê is. Luidens die verslag smokkel Suid-Afrikaanse kartelle toenemend perlemoen via buurlande om onder die radar te bly.
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| NAM_2023_07_Namibie n deurgang vir perlemoensmokkelaars_Republikein.pdf | 368.23 KB |
| NAM_2023_07_Namibia a passage for abalone smugglersRepublikein_Eng.pdf | 332.42 KB |