The National Investigation Service (SERNIC) arrested two Mozambican nationals on Tuesday (09) in the city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado province, carrying 29 kg of ivory, two ends of which weighed 15 and 14 kg. According to SERNIC spokeswoman Noémia João, who was speaking at a press conference yesterday, Wednesday,...
The Cabo Delgado Provincial Prosecutor's Office announced today the arrest of eight people, including employees of state airline Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), suspected of illegally exporting 166 pieces of ivory and parts of other protected animals. The items were seized on May 28 in Tanzania, a neighboring country, after...
Tanzanian authorities seized an unspecified quantity of ivory and animal bones from wild animals coming from Mozambique at Dar es Salaam Airport today. According to the local authorities, the cargo, declared as seafood, was the responsibility of a passenger who boarded a flight from Pemba, Cabo Delgado province, to Dar es Salaam.
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), said on Monday that seized 50 ivory tusks in a residence still under construction, in the district of Boane, in Maputo province. Until then it is unknown the origin of the 50 tusks, which are presumed to have been extracted from 25 elephants, in different conservation areas of the country, from...