Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Libreville
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2020
Abstract
In September 2019, Traore Boisse met two young men, who offered to sell him six ivory tusks for the sum of XAF150,000. He then hid the ivory purchased in a bag of flour before going to NDJOLE. There, he met his friend, AYI MINTSA Guy Benoit who put him in contact with a client in the person of MOHAMED who asked him to bring the trophies to Libreville. With the help of Ayi Mintsa, Traore hid the tusks in the bag of clothes and both took the train to Libreville. Once in Libreville, they were stopped by officers of Research and Intervention Brigade who brought them to the Direction of Economic and Financial Affairs. During their interrogation, both recognized the facts including the illegal possession of ivory tusks.
Language of document
French
Reference number
Decision No 021/2019-2020
Charges
Illegal possession of ivory tusks.
Species
Money value
XAF 150,000 ( one hundred fifty thousand)
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The accused were found guilty.
Appealed
No
Penalty
The accused were sentenced each to 24 months imprisonment including 14 months suspended; The accused were sentenced to a fine of XAF 10,800,000 (ten million height hundred thousand) included XAF 9,800,000 (nine million eight hundred thousand) suspended; The accused were sentenced to jointly pay XAF 4,000,000 (four million) as civil damages; The accused were 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