The traffickers was arrested at the border town of Kipushi, between DRC and Zambia and 30kg of elephant ivory seized. This weight of ivory has been put out of the black market of wildlife thanks to the collaboration between ICCN (Institut National pour la conservation de la nature), supported by technically and financially by Conserv Congo, a local Non profit , part of the civil society, the magistrate court of Kipushi and the judicial police. This win was made possible through collaboration and team efforts and the cooperation of the Congolese authorities - proving that collaboration stops wildlife crime. Two more suspects of Zambian nationality are still at large. The ivory originated from Zambia, revealing cross-border criminal networks we're actively dismantling. "Ivory belongs to the elephant and art needs no ivory".
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