{"id":910,"date":"2020-02-09T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/conservation-justice-a-maintenu-ses-activites-au-gabon-tout-au-long-de-lannee-2019-2\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T11:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T09:32:49","slug":"conservation-justice-a-maintenu-ses-activites-au-gabon-tout-au-long-de-lannee-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/en\/conservation-justice-a-maintenu-ses-activites-au-gabon-tout-au-long-de-lannee-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Justice maintained its activities all year long in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In total, 26 operations have been organized with wildlife officers and forces of order, bringing the arrest of 63 wildlife smugglers red-handed. Conservation Justice also supported authorities and especially wildlife Ministry for the legal follow-up of 6 other operations they had initiated, and concerning the arrest of 18 additional wildlife smugglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>75% of these operations concern ivory smuggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/news_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/news_1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/news_1-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the new Gabonese legislation (Penal Law), the maximum jail term for ivory smuggling increased in July 2019 from six months to ten years. This important improvement will make a real change and confirms the political will of Gabonese authorities to fight against ivory smuggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>38 wildlife smugglers have been convicted to 269 days in jail on average. Furthermore, 18 additional ones are waiting for their judgment in jail, one has fled and 6 have been released as there was a lack of evidence against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the most important cases, we can mention the arrest of 4 wildlife traffickers in North Gabon (Mitzic-Lalara area) with 128 kg of ivory. They have been convicted to 3 years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another interesting case concerns an ivory trafficker arrested with 16 elephant tusks. He has been convicted to 2 years in jail and has been banned from Gabon for 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can also mention an operation in North-East Gabon (Makokou) bringing the arrest of 2 ivory smugglers with 11 tusks weighing 73 kg. One of them has been convicted to 2 years in jail and his accomplice to 3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Trafiquants-divoire.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Trafiquants-divoire.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Trafiquants-divoire-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservation-justice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Trafiquants-divoire-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><figcaption>Two ivory traffickers arrested in Makokou<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 118 elephant tusks weighing 590 kg and 6 leopard skins have been seized by wildlife officials and forces of order thanks to Conservation Justice support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In total, 26 operations have been organized with wildlife officers and forces of order, bringing the arrest of 63 wildlife smugglers red-handed. 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