WILDLEX

The Anti-Poaching Unit received information from their informer that there is a business if elephants tusk about to happen in Arusha-Njiro area. Posing as buyers, the Unit contacted the seller about the possibility of buying the tusks. The sellers fell into a trap and showed the unit the tusks.

The appellant was appealing against the decision of the High Court which ruled that the offence which the respondents were charged with was not an economic crime to be tried before the High Court and thus ordered that the matter to be remitted back to the trial court for necessary amendments of the charge and proceed with trial accordingly.

The appellant was convicted by the District Court of Monduli at Monduli in absentia for unlawful possession of government trophy. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for twenty (20) years.

In September 2013, Maba, Nira and Kennedy shot an elephant in the Otona forest near the Congo-Gabon border in the Ogoué-Léketi Park reserve. After slaughter, the latter was assisted by Kenguimi Bernard and Missie Tuburce to transport parts of the animal to the point of sale.

In 2017, Ngomene Bertrand, a seller of traditional products (skins, bones, chair parts from rare species, bird feathers, reptile skins) was approached at the Djambala market by Kindzele Nazaire, who asked him to refer a customer to him.