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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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Police in Okahandja have arrested a 39-year-old Namibian man for the illegal possession and sale of a protected wildlife product, after he was found attempting to sell a leopard skin valued at N$80 000. The arrest followed an intelligence-led covert operation conducted on Saturday, 17 January 2026, at a service station along the main road, where undercover law-enforcement officers posed as buyers. According to the weekend crime report, the suspect was apprehended at the scene and charged with unlawful possession and dealing in controlled wildlife products without a valid permit…