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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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Three men were arrested for allegedly possessing elephant tusks on 22 September at Mukwe in the Kavango East Region.
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| NAM_2020-09_Three arrested with elephant tusks_Namibia News Digest.pdf | 129.64 KB |
'n Angolese man en twee Namibiërs is verlede week glo met twee olifanttande in hul besit vasgetrek.
An Angolan man and two Namibians were allegedly caught with two elephant tusks in their possession last week.
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| NAM_2020-09_Drie mans vas oor twee olifanttande_Republikein.pdf | 311.35 KB |
| NAM_2020-09_Three men arrested for two elephant tusks_Republikein_Eng.pdf | 219.09 KB |
Six months into COVID-19 lockdown and with most southern African nations not having social safety nets for their citizens, there has been an uptick in wildlife poaching across the region.
22 Nashörner und zwei Elefanten wurden in diesem Jahr in Namibia von Wilderern getötet. Das ist weniger als in den beiden Jahren zuvor, teilte Romeo Muyunda, Pressesprecher im Ministerium für Umwelt, Forstwirtschaft und Tourismus, jetzt mit.
22 rhinos and two elephants were killed by poachers in Namibia this year. That is less than in the previous two years, said Romeo Muyunda, press spokesman in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.
Altesaam 19 vermeende wildmisdadigers is verlede week in hegtenis geneem en aangekla.
A total of 19 suspected wildlife criminals were arrested and charged last week.
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| NAM_2020-09_19 vir wildmisdaad aangekla_Republikein.pdf | 155.12 KB |
| NAM_2020-09_19 charged with wildlife crime_Republikein_Eng.pdf | 52.35 KB |
Twenty-two rhinos and two elephants have been killed by poachers thus far in 2020, the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Environment has said.
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| NAM_2020-09_Twenty-two rhinos and two elephants poached so far this year_MEFT_Namibia News Digest.pdf | 106.43 KB |
’n Zambiese man, mnr. Tumone Biemba, is verlede week op Katima Mulilo glo met een olifanttand en 81 ietermagôskubbe vasgetrek.
A Zambian man, mr. Tumone Biemba, was allegedly caught on Katima Mulilo last week with one elephant tooth and 81 pangolin scales.
International policing agency Interpol has joined hands with Namibia in its fight against escalating rhino and elephant poaching, including through teaching advanced crime scene investigation, probing transnational linkages and uncovering who the kingpins of the wild crime syndicates are. In what is a first for Namibia the Interpol Sub-directorate on Environment Crime has stepped in to train Namibian police officers, particularly members of the Protective Resources Unit, and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
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| NAM_2014-09_Interpol joins Namibias anti-poaching war_Namibian Sun.pdf | 95.84 KB |
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism yesterday confirmed that 33 elephants have been poached in Namibia this year. In the most recent case, two suspects were arrested in the Divundu area of the Kavango East Region on Friday. They were arrested when they tried to sell elephant bone as ivory to unsuspecting people.
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| NAM_2014-09_Elephant poaching escalates_Namibian Sun.pdf | 47.83 KB |