Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Libreville
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2020
Abstract
In 2019, MAMBELO Françis was arrested by judicial police officers when he was about to sell ivory tusks in a hotel room located at Potos area in Franceville. He admitted the facts during his interrogation but declared that he was not the owner of the tusks and he wanted to sell them to get some money.
Language of document
French
Reference number
Decision No 018/2019-2020
Charges
Possession and trade in Ivory tusks.
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
The accused was found guilty of possession and attempt to trade in ivory tusks. - Concerning the possession of ivory tusks: the accused was caught red handed and admitted the facts (i.e. having possessed four ivory tusks hidden inside a trolley without administrative authorization); - Concerning the attempt to trade in ivory tusks: it appeared from the case file that Mambelo tried to sell ivory tusks without administrative authorization and this was stopped by the intervention of police officers.
Appealed
No
Penalty
The accused was sentenced each to 02 years imprisonment including one year suspended; to a fine of XAF 8,156,000 (eight million one hundred and fifty-six thousand) including XAF 7,156,000 (seven million one hundred and fifty-six thousand) suspended; The accused was sentenced to pay the costs; The court ordered the sealed products to be made available to the competent administration.
Legislation cited
Decree No 163/PR/MEF setting the conditions for the possession, transport and trade in wild animal species, trophies and hunting products