LATF AND ZAWA JOINTLY CARRY OUT AN OPERATION
On 15th June 2010, members of a Joint Operation Team involving the Lusaka Agreement Task Force and Zambia Wildlife Authority raided business premises at the Downtown Shopping Complex in the central business district of Lusaka. READ MORE
LATF CONCLUDES CONSULTATIONS ON DISPOSAL OF 6.5 TONNES IVORY SEIZED IN SINGAPORE IN 2002
LATF held a consultative meeting at the Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi on 13th May 2010 to discuss modalities for disposal of the 6.5 tonnes of contraband ivory seized in Singapore in June 2002. In attendance were Permanent/Principal Secretaries and senior officials representing Wildlife Ministries from Republics of Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, the United Republic of Tanzania, officials from the Zambian High Commission and the Lusaka Agreement Task Force. READ MORE
LATF LEADS INVESTIGATION TEAM TO THE PHILIPPINES ON FOLLOW UP ON 4,861 TONNES OF ELEPHANT IVORY SEIZED IN MANILA EXPORTED FROM PORT OF DAR ES SALAAM.
In June 2009, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) received information from Interpol NCB-Dar es Salaam concerning the seizure of elephant ivory with total weight of 4,861kg by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the port area in Manila, the Philippines. READ MORE
SUSPECT OF ILLEGAL EXPORT OF ELEPHANT TUSKS TO VIETNAM ARRESTED IN ZANZIBAR
The Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) working jointly with the Tanzania Wildlife Division (TWD) and Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) Dar es Salaam on 17th December, 2009 managed to arrest the main suspect in connection with illegal export of 769 pieces of elephant tusks, weighing 2005.6 Kg seized at the port of Hai Phong, Vietnam in August 2009. READ MORE |