Country
Territorial subdivision
Court
Type of court
Seat of court
Ouesso
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2013
Abstract
In August 2013, Dissaka Daringue accompanied by Bakoundou Flisien and other people took the boat at Hydro-Congo for a hunting expedition. At Barenze port, they abandoned the boat to continue on foot and reach the indicated point where they killed eight elephants collecting a total of 16 ivory tusks. They provided four tusks to Abdoulaye Mahamat, a renown trafficker in Pokola. They were arrested by rangers at Pokola after a long pursuit and directed the investigators to Abdoulaye Mahamat.
Language of document
French
Reference number
No. 030/2013
Charges
Killing of totally protected species (elephants), illegal possession and trade in trophies of totally protected species (ivory tusks, leopard skin), illegal possession and hunting with a war weapon, complicity of killing of elephants, complicity of hunting with a war weapon.
Species
Transnational
No
Decision
Dissaka Daringue and Bakoundou Flavien were found guilty of illegal possession and hunting with a war weapon, killing of totally protected species, illegal possession and trade in trophies of totally protected species; Abdoulaye Mahamat was found guilty of complicity of hunting with a war weapon and ammunitions, killing of totally protected species and illegal possession and trade in trophies of totally protected species.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Dissaka Daringue, Bakoundou Flisien and Abdoulaye Mahamat were sentenced to three years fixed imprisonment term each; Dissaka Daringue and Abdoulaye Mahamat were sentenced to pay XAF 5,000,000 (five million) as damages each; Bakoundou was sentenced to pay XAF 2,000,000 (two million) as damages; The Imprisonment in default of payment was fixed to its maximum.
Legislation cited
Law No 37-2008 of 28 November 2008 on wildlife and protected areas, secs. 27, 39, 113
Penal Code, secs. 59, 60