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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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Rumphi Police in north Malawi have arrested six for illegal possession of a live pangolin.
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| MAL_2022_01_Police Arrest Six Men for Illegal Pangolin Possession_allAfrica_com.pdf | 106.51 KB |
An endangered pangolin has been taken hostage by a group of rebels in the the Democratic Republic of Congo who sent a ransom request to conservationists for the animal’s release. It sparks fears that the kidnap could lead to a trend in using wildlife as bargaining power, the activists negotiating with the kidnappers are attempting to rescue the pangolin without payment. "This is something new and alarming," Adams Cassinga, founder of Conserv Congo, said after "proof of life" photographs of the prized animal were sent to community conservationists.
Three years ago this month, the Ugandan authorities seized a significant quantity of elephant ivory and pangolin scales en-route to Vietnam through Kenya. Acting on intelligence, the Ugandan Revenue Authority (URA) conducted a law enforcement operation targeting a Vietnamese wildlife trafficking network. It seized 3,299kg of elephant ivory - the largest ivory seizure in Uganda to date - and 424kg of pangolin scales.
Two Bulawayo men have been slapped with a nine-year jail term each for illegal possession of pangolin skins.
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| ZIM_2022_01_Pangolin skins land pair in jail_Newsday.pdf | 351.88 KB |
Singapore - An eight-week INTERPOL operation against wildlife crime and trafficking resulted in arrests and seizures across Asia and Africa. Codenamed Golden Strike, the operation - which ended late last year - targeted the criminals and networks smuggling wildlife protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) from Africa to Asia.
Twee mans is Vrydag op Oshikango in die Ohangwenastreek tydens ’n polisiesoektog met een droë ietermagovel ter waarde van sowat N$50 000 vasgetrek.
Two men were caught on Friday in Oshikango in the Ohangwena region during a police search with one dry pangolin skin worth about N $ 50 000.
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| NAM_2022_01_Kort nuus uit misdaadverslag_Republikein.pdf | 342.82 KB |
| NAM_2022_01_Short news from crime report_Republikein_Eng.pdf | 240.84 KB |
’n Man (25) is laas Woensdag in Windhoek in hegtenis geneem met ’n beseerde ietermagô glo in sy besit. Volgens die ministerie van die omgewing, bosbou en toerisme was die ietermagô in ’n stresvolle toestand en met beserings op die lyf.
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Windhoek on Wednesday with an injured pangolin in his possession.
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| NAM_2020-05_Beseerde ietermago by man gevind-Republikein.pdf | 322.84 KB |
| NAM_2020-05_Injured pangolin found in mans possession_Republikein_Eng.pdf | 229.08 KB |
South African traders with China are illegally selling thousands of wild animals threatened with extinction and endangered, under the guise of legal exports, according to an investigation. Monkeys have been stolen from the wild, and together with cheetahs, tigers, rhinos, lions and meerkats, they have been trafficked to circuses, theme parks, laboratories, zoos and "safari parks", researchers found.
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| SA_2020-05_South Africa wildlife trade_Journal of African Elephants.pdf | 175.93 KB |
A Kuruman man was convicted for being in possession of R250,000 worth of pangolin scales and the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition by the Kuruman magistrate's court on Friday. John Henry Rautenbach, 25, was arrested by the Hawks’ serious organised crime investigation unit in August last year after the unit received information that an illegal firearm was being kept at an address in the Northern Cape.
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| SA_2020-05_Kuruman man convicted of having R250k worth of pangolin scales_Sowetanlive.pdf | 191.92 KB |
Police say a tip-off led to the arrest of the suspect who was allegedly trying to sell the pangolin in the Musina CBD.
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| SA_2020-05_Suspect arrested for selling dead pangolin in Limpopo_The Citizen.pdf | 394.21 KB |
‘n Man (25) is gistermiddag in Windhoek in hegtenis geneem met ‘n beseerde ietermagô glo in sy besit.
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Windhoek on Monday afternoon with an injured pangolin apparently in his possession.
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| NAM_2020-05_Man met beseerde ietermago vas_Republikein.pdf | 320.7 KB |
| NAM_2020-05_Man arrested with injured pangolin_Republikein_Eng.pdf | 228.29 KB |
Wild animals are back. Kangaroos bounding through the streets of Melbourne, elephant herds passing through Indian villages, jackals in Johannesburg, leopards in Mumbai, wild boar in Bergamo and Verreaux eagles catching thermals above a silent Cape Town. And of course, inevitable cartoons of humans in surgical masks staring forlornly at animals playing on the sidewalk. Is lockdown good news for creatures - or for poachers?
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| SA_2020-05_How the Coronavirus changes poaching strategies_Daily Maverick.pdf | 457.64 KB |
Poaching incidents could increase during the lockdown period as criminal networks try to take advantage of the closing of parks, perceiving a reduced presence of law enforcement now dealing with the Covid-19 emergency. “We are in receipt of intelligence that known poaching organisers operating across southern Africa intend taking advantage of the current situation,” said Sarah Stoner, director of intelligence at the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC).