KWS ranger displays elephant tusks and game meat seized from poachers in central Kenya on January 8, 2011. Relevant government agencies should collaborate with global actors in building a wildlife crime busting network. AFP PHOTO | KWS
Africa is set to benefit from a $2 billion grant meant to improve law enforcement and strengthen co-operation between key ports in the continent and Asia to foil illegal wildlife trafficking.
Although all African ports will benefit, Kenya’s Mombasa port and Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam have been singled out owing to weak maritime enforcement. The two ports are said to record regular cases of trafficking of ivory, rhino horn and pangolin scales to Asian markets.
