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KWS arrests three people found in possession of a live pangolin

Victoria Wangui2020-09-28T03:40:38+00:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: press resleases|Tags: CITES, Eyes In The Courtroom, illegal wildlife trade, Kenya Wildlife Service, Mombasa, Pangolin, Pangolin trade, wildlife crime, World Wildlife Crime report 2020|

Three people have been arrested and charged with being in possession of a live pangolin. The three Kenyans, all male, were arrested by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers on 2nd September 2020 in Likoni area and charged on 3rd September 2020, at the Chief Magistrates Court in Mombasa.

Another trafficker walks free

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Another trafficker walks free

trish2019-04-26T15:40:39+00:00April 26th, 2019|Categories: Blog, featured, timeline|Tags: Africa, Conservation, court, Elephants, extinction, illegal wildlife trade, Ivory trade, Kenya, Mombasa, Nairobi, poachers, Tanzania, Tusks, Wildlife, wildlife crime, WildlifeDirect|

Another suspected trafficker of elephant ivory is set free by a magistrate at Mombasa Law Courts. Directly charged for the trafficking of 1097kgs of elephant ivory in two containers in December 2016, Mr. Gitonga walks out of court a free man.