Nahouri: three suspected ivory tusk traffickers prosecuted (Burkina Faso)

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Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so
please excuse the roughness. See link for original.

Nahouri: three suspected ivory tusk traffickers prosecuted (Burkina Faso)
A. Nyamba, Fasozine.com
May 4, 2021

See link
http://www.fasozine.com/actualite/environnement/9211-nahouri-trois-presumes-trafiquants-de-pointes-d-ivoire-poursuivis-devant-les-tribunaux.html
for photo.

Three suspected traffickers were arrested on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in
Po, in the province of Nahouri, in possession of two ivory tusks.

The operation was carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Water and
Forests with the management unit of Nazinga and the eco-guards of the NGO
the Guardian Angels of Nature and the support of the NGO Conservation
Justice / Eagle. The NGO Nitidae also played a role in this mission.

The suspects were brought before the Prosecutor of Faso in Manga. They will
be before the bar of the same jurisdiction on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. They
risk penalties of up to 5 years in prison and the payment of a fine of up
to 5 million CFA francs.

It should be noted that elephants are fully protected species, because of
the threats weighing on them and the risk of seeing them disappear forever.
Poaching is unfortunately on the increase.

Between 25,000 and 30,000 elephants are illegally slaughtered each year to
recover their tusks and fuel international traffic, mainly to Asia.

The population of African elephants decreased during the 2010s: the
continent would have around 415,000 specimens in 2019, or 111,000 less than
in the previous decade. Certain populations of elephants are particularly
threatened, in particular the populations of West Africa.

They are in fact scattered over vast areas and somehow survive in a few
national parks. In this regard, the national parks of Arly and W in Burkina
Faso still contained a fairly abundant fauna but the security situation
makes their protection more difficult and they regularly become the
benchmark of poachers and criminal groups.

The illicit trafficking of hard-skinned wildlife products in Burkina Faso,
in October 2020 the Operations Department of the Ministry in charge of the
Environment got hold of three suspects who were trying to sell eleven ivory
tusks.

http://www.fasozine.com/actualite/environnement/9211-nahouri-trois-presumes-trafiquants-de-pointes-d-ivoire-poursuivis-devant-les-tribunaux.html

*Translated from the French by an automated online translation service, so please excuse the roughness. See link for original.* Nahouri: three suspected ivory tusk traffickers prosecuted (Burkina Faso) A. Nyamba, Fasozine.com May 4, 2021 See link <http://www.fasozine.com/actualite/environnement/9211-nahouri-trois-presumes-trafiquants-de-pointes-d-ivoire-poursuivis-devant-les-tribunaux.html> for photo. Three suspected traffickers were arrested on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in Po, in the province of Nahouri, in possession of two ivory tusks. The operation was carried out by the Provincial Directorate of Water and Forests with the management unit of Nazinga and the eco-guards of the NGO the Guardian Angels of Nature and the support of the NGO Conservation Justice / Eagle. The NGO Nitidae also played a role in this mission. The suspects were brought before the Prosecutor of Faso in Manga. They will be before the bar of the same jurisdiction on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. They risk penalties of up to 5 years in prison and the payment of a fine of up to 5 million CFA francs. It should be noted that elephants are fully protected species, because of the threats weighing on them and the risk of seeing them disappear forever. Poaching is unfortunately on the increase. Between 25,000 and 30,000 elephants are illegally slaughtered each year to recover their tusks and fuel international traffic, mainly to Asia. The population of African elephants decreased during the 2010s: the continent would have around 415,000 specimens in 2019, or 111,000 less than in the previous decade. Certain populations of elephants are particularly threatened, in particular the populations of West Africa. They are in fact scattered over vast areas and somehow survive in a few national parks. In this regard, the national parks of Arly and W in Burkina Faso still contained a fairly abundant fauna but the security situation makes their protection more difficult and they regularly become the benchmark of poachers and criminal groups. The illicit trafficking of hard-skinned wildlife products in Burkina Faso, in October 2020 the Operations Department of the Ministry in charge of the Environment got hold of three suspects who were trying to sell eleven ivory tusks. http://www.fasozine.com/actualite/environnement/9211-nahouri-trois-presumes-trafiquants-de-pointes-d-ivoire-poursuivis-devant-les-tribunaux.html