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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, 9 April 2025
2025. Five arrested, 3765 tonnes of pangolin scales seized in Nigeria wildlife trafficking bust.
In a major strike against wildlife trafficking in Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),supported by the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), arrested five suspects and seized 3.765tonnes of pangolin scales in Lagos, an amount estimated to represent the killing of over 1,900pangolins.
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NIG_2025_04_Five arrested_3765 tonnes of pangolin scales seized in Nigeria wildlife trafficking bust_Enviro News Nigeria.pdf 130.12 KB
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Monday, 31 March 2025
2025. Suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin arrested in Nigeria following joint WJC-NCS operation.

In a significant victory against transnational wildlife crime, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the arrest of a suspected high-level Chinese wildlife trafficker in Lagos. Acting on intelligence provided by the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), NCS carried out the arrest on 19 February 2025. This operation represents a critical disruption to organised wildlife crime networks operating between Nigeria and Asia. The arrest was linked to a warehouse raid in Ogun, Nigeria that led to a major pangolin scale seizure in August 2024, following intelligence provided by the…

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NIG_2025_04_Suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin arrested in Nigeria following joint Customs_WJC operation_Enviro News Nigeria.pdf 149.59 KB
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Monday, 11 September 2023
2023. Gabon makes major poaching arrests.

Authorities in Gabon have dismantled a broad network of international ivory traffickers who smuggled ivory from Gabon to Cameroon and onto lucrative Asian markets. The operation involved the Gabonese judicial police and government directorates of forestry and wildlife, with the support of the NGO Conservation Justice.

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GAB_2023_09_Gabon makes major poaching arrests_Freight News.pdf 196.97 KB
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