Wildlife Trafficking Archives

U.S. Government Partners with Namibian Police on Arrests in Pangolin Trafficking Case

During a first of its kind cooperation between U.S. Law Enforcement and the Namibian Police (Nampol), four suspected pangolin traffickers were arrested on July 21 in Namibia. Time-sensitive information received by the Homeland Security Investigations office in Pretoria relating to an imminent dealing by criminals in the illegal sale of a live pangolin was passed ...

By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 5 August, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, Wildlife | Tags: Blue Rhino Task Team, Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL), Pangolin, U.S. Law Enforcement, Wildlife Trafficking

USFWS deliver Wildlife Trafficking Cybercrime Training Program with Namibian Law Enforcement

Windhoek – From January 27-31, 2020 the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) in partnership with the U.S. Department of State, conducted a Wildlife Trafficking Cybercrime Training Program (WTCP) in Windhoek, Namibia. The purpose of the training is to strengthen global law enforcement relationships through the sharing of information related to the collection-preservation-examination-investigation of digital ...

By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 6 February, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, Wildlife | Tags: cybercrime, Namibian Police Force, US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Wildlife Trafficking, Wildlife Trafficking Cybercrime Training Program (WTCP)

U.S. Donates Land Cruisers to Support Fight Against Wildlife Trafficking

Windhoek – United States Ambassador Lisa Johnson handed over two Toyota Land Cruisers to the project “Combating Wildlife Trafficking in Namibia”, a project managed by the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF). One vehicle will be used by NNF in the Windhoek area and the other by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Kunene. The project ...

By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 8 October, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID, Wildlife | Tags: Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Nature Foundation, Wildlife Trafficking

United States Embassy handover of binoculars to Minister of Environment and Tourism

Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy provided the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism N$6.8 million of equipment funded through the U.S. Foreign Military Financing Program (FMFP) for biodiversity to be used in Namibia’s anti-poaching efforts. These 65 pairs of low-light binoculars are the first items to be delivered. Other items arriving over the next couple ...

By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, Wildlife | Tags: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Poaching, U.S. Foreign Military Financing Program (FMFP), Wildlife Trafficking

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