Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Libreville
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2016
Abstract
Following information from an informer, agents of the NGO Conservation Justice were alerted that a state-of-the-art ivory transaction was to take place in one of the rooms of the PLAZA studio motel. Assisted by the Judicial Police officers, they mounted an operation to apprehend Sieurs Adamou Nouhou and Adamou Ba Mamadou who had gone there to sell the tusks they had placed in 5 suitcases containing 42 ivory tusks cut into 83 pieces and weighing a total of 206 kg.
Language of document
French
Reference number
Decision No 552/2015-2016
Charges
Possession, trade in and transport of products of fully protected species.
Species
Money value
XAF 200,000 (two hundred thousand)
Transnational
No
Decision
The accused were found guilty of trade and were was acquitted of the offences of transport and possession.
Appealed
No
Penalty
The accused was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment ; The accused was sentence to a fine of XAF 100,000 (one hundred thousand); The accused was sentenced to pay the sum of XAF 20,000,000 (twenty millions) as damages and interest; The accused were sentenced to pay the costs; The court ordered the seal to be made available to the competent administration.
Court cases cited
Date of first hearing: 2015/12/24
Legislation cited
Decree No 163/PR/MEF setting the conditions for the possession, transport and trade in wild animal species, trophies and hunting products
Forest Code