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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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Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Dawood Z 2025. NSPCA advocates for specialised courts to expedite wildlife cases.

The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) called for the removal of legislative red tape and an improvement in the judicial system when it came to captive animals. The NSPCA made a clarion call for specialised courts to handle wildlife cases and also to expedite cases in the judicial system, during a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and Environment on Tuesday.

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SA_2025_06_NSPCA advocates for specialised courts to expedite wildlife cases_Independent Online.pdf 141.6 KB
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Thursday, 29 August 2024
Macleod F, Valoi E 2024. A decade of pecking at a poaching kingpin.

“Navara”, the codename used by Simon Ernesto Valoi, first appeared in our crosshairs in 2013 when we were researching rogue South African trophy hunters directly involved in rhino poaching and trafficking in the Kruger National Park. The article Rhino trafficking: Down the rabbit hole at Kruger did not mention Navara, but intelligence agents we spoke to did. Oxpeckers journalists kept pecking away at Navara over the years.

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SA_2024_09_A decade of pecking at a poaching kingpin_Oxpeckers.pdf 464.31 KB
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Thursday, 17 November 2022
Wakini A 2022. Chinese man found dead in Lavington, game trophies recovered.

A Chinese national was on Wednesday November 16, found dead in his apartment at Sunshine Court, Valley Arcade in Nairobi's Lavington area. According to police, the matter was reported to the Muthangari police station by the deceased's friend, Hoang Thi Diut. Officers reportedly found 78 pieces of elephant ivory, two pieces of rhino horns, two pieces of ivory sculptures, a piece of animal skin, 65 pieces of lion teeth and 160 pieces of lion claws.

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KEN_2022_11_Chinese Man Found Dead in Lavington Game Trophies Recovered_Kenyans_co_ke.pdf 260.42 KB
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Monday, 26 April 2021
Dawood Z 2021. Poachers nabbed, elephant tusks recovered in Kruger National Park operation.

Durban - Three suspected poachers were arrested near the Crocodile Bridge Section of the Kruger National Park (KNP).

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SA_2021_04_Poachers nabbed_elephant tusks recovered in Kruger National Park operation_IOL.pdf 640.33 KB
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