Three charged for organised crime and illegal possession of elephant tusks

Three charged for organised crime and illegal possession of elephant tusks
Daily News
THREE people appeared before Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam charged for organised crime and being found with elephant tusks valued at 126m/-, property of the government, without any permit. They are Suleiman Mohamed (36), ...

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Huffington Post

04 Sep

Artificial Elephant Tusks Are Being Used To Help Track The Illegal Ivory Trade

Huffington Post
Artificial Elephant Tusks Are Being Used To Help Track The Illegal Ivory Trade
Huffington Post
The replicas are equipped with GPS tracking technology to allow law enforcement to follow their path. Headshot of Joseph Erbentraut. Joseph Erbentraut Chicago Editor, The Huffington Post. Posted: 09/04/2015 02:07 PM EDT.
Video: Ivory Trade and Slave Trade Linked Throughout HistoryNational Geographic
Ivory smugglers exposed using fake elephant tusks with GPS trackers...

 

10 years ago

The Guardian

08 Oct

Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks

The Guardian
Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks
The Guardian
Ivory is prized for ornamental use in China. The Elephant Action League described Yang Feng Glan as 'the most important ivory trafficker ever arrested' in Tanzania. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images. by David Smith. Thursday 8 October 2015 ...
Prosecutors say this 66-year-old Chinese woman is one of Africa's most ...Washington Post
Tanzania police charge Chinese woman with smuggling ivoryWBTW -...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Mar

Organised crime to cost enterprises $500 billion

Enterprises worldwide are expected to spend nearly $500 billion in 2014 to deal with issues caused by malware deliberately loaded onto pirated software, a new study reveals.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

08 Jan

Man in Zanzibar charged over heroin possession

Man in Zanzibar charged over heroin possession
Daily News
MKUBWA Ali Rashid (34), a resident of Tomondo in Zanzibar, appeared in court yesterday charged with possessing 206 pellets of heroin weighing 4.5923gms. On the first count, Magtrate Hussein Makame Hussein of Mwanakwerekwe Dtrict Court heard that ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

03 Aug

Former minister arrested over illegal possession of ammunition

Former minister arrested over illegal possession of ammunition
Daily News
FORMER cabinet minister Mr Mansour Yussuf Himidi was arrested after he was found in possession of firearms and ammunition in his house. Mr Salum Msangi, deputy Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) informed journalists on Saturday that police ...

 

11 years ago

Coastweek

04 Aug

Former Zanzibar minister arrested for illegal firearms possession

Former Zanzibar minister arrested for illegal firearms possession
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- Zanzibar authorities on Saturday arrested a former minister in connection with illegal possession of firearms, a laptop and other communication gadgets, police said. Zanzibar's deputy director for Criminal Investigations Salum ...
Former minister arrested over illegal possession of ammunitionDaily News

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10 years ago

IPPmedia

15 Apr

Police nab student over 'illegal' gun possession.

Police nab student over 'illegal' gun possession.
IPPmedia
Police officials in Bukoba, Kagera Region, have arrested a secondary school student alleged to have been possessing a gun illegally. Justine Mwijage, a Form Two student from Peace Secondary School in Bukoba Municipality, was arrested at a guest house ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Nov

Ugandan nationals arrested over illegal possession of pistol

Two Ugandan nationals are being held by police here allegedly for unlawful possession of a pistol with 14 rounds of ammunition and hand-cuff keys.

 

11 years ago

GlobalPost

18 Aug

Senior policeman arrested with elephant tusks in northwest Kenya

Coastweek
Senior policeman arrested with elephant tusks in northwest Kenya
GlobalPost
NAROK, Kenya, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Police said on Monday a senior Kenyan police officer and another suspect were arrested with two elephant's tusks worth 71,000 U.S. dollars in Narok, about 100 km southwest of the country's capital Nairobi.
Police officer among two arrested with Sh6.2 million elephant tusks in NarokThe Star
Millions of wildebeest cross Mara river during August migrationCoastweek

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