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On 14 February 2020 following a denunciation, the officers of the judicial police of Franceville branch and the agents of Waters and Forests (Conservation Justice) set up an entrapment in order to arrest possible holders of ivory tusks.

In August 2020 at Ogooué-Ivindo, a train coming from Libreville hit two elephants. Informed of the situation, agents of the Mimogho national park arrived at the scene and discovered that the animals were not having their tusks.

In April 2016, the conservation and biodiversity department of the Nouabélé-Ndoki Park, in its routine missions, got hold of Mbamba Valère, who was returning from a hunt with a leopard skin in his possession. While he was looking for a client to sell the skin, he was apprehended by the eco-guards.

In December 2017, the conservation and biodiversity service of the Nouabélé Ndoki National Park received information on the slaughter of elephants. The service set out in pursuit of the suspects and proceeded to arrest them.

In January 2018, Mayombe Kokoumbou Erick was arrested in Bokanga camp in possession of two machetes.

On December 23, 2003, MBANE Theodore went to the forest with a calibre 12 weapon to practice hunting. He came across an elephant that he shot dead using a specific cartridge for this type of target. He was caught in his camp by wildlife protection agents in possession of a the weapon and three ivory tusks.

In January 2015, while they were in the forest to go about their business, they found a rotting elephant on the way. After having removed the tusks, they took a vehicle to Pokola, on their way they were arrested at Ndoki II check point by ecoguards.

Ngouanda Brice told Malo-Malo Leonard that he could earn a lot of money if he agreed to kill elephants with Ngouanda Brice's war weapon, which the latter kept carefully. Malo-Malo then asked Ngouanda to give him the weapon, which he did and Malo-Malo used the weapon to kill an elephant.

Mahamat Zen Youssouf is a trader resident in Elogo village. In September 2012, at around 11 p.m., he received a gentleman at his home who came to offer him a deal in ivory tusks and Mahamat Zen Youssouf accepted this deal. After having bought the ivory he kept them in his house.

In October 2014, during an eco-guards patrol in Ignoli village, following the discovery of elephants carcasses, Maloumamlou Léonard was apprehended with a weapon of war.