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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, 30 April 2025
2025. Chinese National arrested in N. Sulawesi for smuggling protected wildlife parts.

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has foiled an international wildlife trafficking operation involving a Chinese national attempting to smuggle parts of protected animals through North Sulawesi. The suspect, identified by the initials BQ, was caught with a cache of illegal animal parts including rhino horns, tiger fangs, and gall bladders. Dwi Januanto Nugroho, Director General of Law Enforcement at the Forestry Ministry, said the case is part of a broader crackdown on transnational wildlife crime.

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INDONESIA_2025_04_Chinese National arrested in N Sulawesi for smuggling protected wildlife parts_Jakarta Globe.pdf 133.87 KB
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Thursday, 20 March 2025
Aprile D 2025. Africa is losing its elephants: the total population of this species has plummeted by 77% in the last 50 years.
Over the past five decades, Africa has witnessed an alarming decline in its elephant populations. A comprehensive study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzed data from 475 sites in 37 African countries from 1964 to 2016, revealing that, on average, elephant populations have experienced a 77% decline.
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AFR_2025_03_Africa is losing its elephants_The total population of this species has plummeted by 77percent in the last 50 years_Meteored.pdf 573.79 KB
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Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Mensah E 2023. Tanzania amplifies charges in wildlife trafficking case amidst global concerns.

The Tanzanian government has added a charge of money laundering to an economic sabotage case involving three defendants accused of smuggling 164 snakes, lizards, and chameleons without a permit. The accused, Eric Ayo, Ally Ringo, and Aziz Ndago, allegedly transported these wildlife assets valued at Sh20 million, violating local law. Now, instead of the previous two charges, the defendants will face three, with the third one, money laundering, solely targeting Ayo. He is supposed to have committed this crime on January 26, 2021, at the CRBD Bank in Msamvu, Morogoro.

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TAN_2023_11_Tanzanias Heightened Charges in Wildlife Trafficking Case_BBN Network.pdf 198.25 KB
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