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The State Attorney and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife vs DJEMBO Paul, DJIBRIL KARIMOU, SOUAIBOU HAMADOU, SAMELOE Dieudonné

Cameroon
East
Court of First Instance
National - lower court
Criminal
2017

On the 22 February 2017, the accused, Djembo Paul a well-known hunter approached Djibril Karimou and gave him 2 ivory tusks. Sameloe Dieudonné approached the two accused persons dressed as a ranger, and seized the tusks. He then proceeded to sell them to Souaibou.

The State Attorney and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife vs MBARGA Robert

Cameroon
South
Court of First Instance
National - lower court
Criminal
2016

In September 2015, MBARGA Robert Set traps in the forest that caught one Leopard. He ate the flesh and removed the skin and the skull to sell. He was arrested by the police. Upon arrest, he didn’t have a National Identity Card. After interrogations, he and the seized items, were all transmitted to the State Attorney for prosecution

The State Attorney and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife vs. ANKEU TANGO Jean Paul and LANG LEGO Stephane

Cameroon
East
Court of First Instance
National - lower court
Criminal
2013

Elements of the conservation service, Yokadouma arrested the accused persons ANKEU TANGO Jean Paul and LANG LEGO Stephane who had just killed an elephant with the use of an unauthorized arm. The ivories were found with Lang Lego Stephane.

The defendants Yinli X., Shipeng Y., Penglong L. and others charged felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife and products (appellate case)

China
Fujian Province
The Intermediate People's Court of Putian
National - lower court
Criminal
2020

From 2018 to the time of the incident, Yinli X., Shipeng Y., Penglong L. and Daqian Y. purchased and sold rhino horn products through WeChat. Starting from March 2019, four people began to buy shares of rhino horn products and stored them in a room in Shiguang Apartment, Linan Town, Xianyou County. Among them, Yinli X.

The Public Prosecutor and the Ministry of Water and Forests vs Mouguengi Thorlakur

Gabon
Ngounié
Court of First Instance Mouila
National - lower court
Criminal
2019

On May 16, 2019, water and forests agents were informed that a transaction on ivory tusks will take place in a hotel in Mouila and decided together with the police to move to the place. While there, they found Mrs Koghe in possession of two ivory tusks, arrested her and brought her to the police.

Samuel Macharia Mwangi Stephen Giahuru Njagwara v Republic 2009 eKLR

Kenya
High Court of Kenya at Nyeri
National - higher court
Criminal
2009

On 6 of November 2005, Kenya Wildlife Service Rangers found 2 men, the current appellants, slaughtering a buffalo within the Ragati forest. Arresting them, they recovered a spear, 2 pangas, a snare and 2 bags. The appellants were charged with the aforesaid offences.

R v Lendrum

United Kingdom
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
National - higher court
Criminal
2011

The appellant pleaded guilty to dealing with goods with intent to evade the prohibition or restriction on their exportation, contrary to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.The appellant was involved in carrying eggs of peregrine falcons with intent to evade the prohibition on their exportation.

United States of America v Sylla

United States of America
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
National - lower court
Criminal
2010

Pending before the court is defendant Kemo Sylla's motion to suppress physical evidence seized during a search of his residence at the time of his arrest on December 3, 2008. Sylla is charged with one count of smuggling African elephant ivory into the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd 2008 FCA 3

International
International court
Criminal
2015

This case involved a string of litigation concerning an application for an injunction and declaration to restrain Japanese whaling in the Australian Whale Sanctuary adjacent to Antarctica. The case was brought by conservation group, the Human Society International (HSI), against the Japanese company, Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd.

R v Marsland

Canada
Saskatchewan
Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan
National - lower court
Criminal
2011

This is a case of appeal. The respondent was accused on three charges listed above. The question was, whether the permits the respondent (at that time: the accused) carried were technically valid for the actions he committed.

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