African Task Force Snares Syndicate Trafficking Ivory to Asia

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Muchiito chakakosha, chikwata chemuAfrica chakasunga vatambi vanomwe vakapinza tani 7 yenzou zvisiri pamutemo kubva kuUganda kuenda kuSingapore kuburikidza neKenya muchiitiko chimwe chete, uye vari chikamu cheboka rinokonzera kuparadzwa kwenzou dzemuAfrica. nokuda kwokutengesa nyanga dzenzou, pamwe chete nedzimwe mhuka dziri mungozi yokutsakatika dzine mitezo yomuviri ichiri kupinzwa muzvitsama zvikuru kumisika mitema yeAsia.

Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) yazivisa nhasi kuti ichangopedza kuronga chirongwa chakasimba chemavhiki matanhatu zvichikonzera kusungwa kwakawanda, kusanganisira mukuru mukuru wekuKenya Customs, vamiririri vengarava, uye vatengesi vepamusoro-soro nebasa ravo mukuburitsa zvisiri pamutemo. kuendeswa kuSingapore muna Kurume 2014. Vanopomerwa vari pasi pekuferefetwa kwedzimwe mhosva dzemhuka dzesango.

Kuvhiya kwacho kwakaratidza humbowo hunobatanidza kune mamwe mativi eAfrica neAsia.

Vatsvakurudzi vanotenda kuti pombi yakahwanda yakashandiswa munyaya yaKurume 2014, uye vanhu vari kuimhanyisa, varamba vachishanda kusvika parizvino, sezvo zviuru nezviuru zvematehwe nedzimwe mhuka dzesango, zvakapinzwa zvisiri pamutemo nenzira dzakafanana. Munguva yekuvhiya, iyo yakanangana nekutengesa nyanga dzenzou, mumwe mambo wekutengesa mhuka dzesango uyo ari paInterpol aida "Red Notice" runyorwa akawanikwa mumusanganiswa uye akaendeswa kunotongwa kuTanzania nebasa rake rekutengesa zvisaririra zvezviuru zvemhuka dziri mungozi. Southeast Asia. Mhosva, Gakou Fodie, akaburitswa zvakanaka kubva kumuganhu weUganda/Kenya kuenda kuTanzania kutanga kwesvondo rino kuti azotongwa nebasa rake rekutengesa kunze zvisiri pamutemo matani matanhatu epangolin scale kuAsia. Fodie zvakare yakabatanidzwa kune dzimwe nyika dzekuMabvazuva neWest Africa dzinotengeswa kunze kwenyika kuAsia.

Yakarongedzerwa neLATF, iko kushanda kwazvino imhedzisiro yemwedzi gumi nemisere yekuferefeta munyika dze18 nemasangano mazhinji. Muna Zvita 8, LATF yakaenda kuBangkok ikachinjana ruzivo neASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) nenhengo dzayo dzenhengo dzekubatwa kwenyanga dzenzou muSoutheast Asia. Kutsinhana ikoko kwakatanga kushandiswa mukutanga LATF-yakarongeka kushanda muWest Africa mukupera kwe2015 izvo zvakakonzera kusungwa kwe2016 kweCustoms nevakuru vekutakura.

LATF yakazoongorora data kubva kune ese ari maviri e2016 West Africa-yakatarisana oparesheni uye Kurume 2014 kutora muSingapore. Vachishandisa digital forensics unit inonzi Cellebrite uye chirongwa chekuongorora komputa chinodaidzwa kuti i-2, vaongorori vakakwanisa kubatanidza madots pakati pekubatwa nevanopa. Ichiita ongororo iyi, LATF yakatungamira chikwata cheKenyan Police, Wildlife, Ports Authority neCustoms kuti vafukure pombi yekutengesa mhuka dzesango iri kunze kweUganda, Kenya, neTanzania. Chikwata ichi chakawana ndokusunga mupurisa weKenya Revenue Authority, James Njagi aishanda pachiteshi cheMombasa, pamwe naJames Oliech naSilas Ndolo Kimeu, vese vamiririri vekuMombasa. Varume ava vakashanda nemumwe chizvarwa chekuKenya, Justus Wesonga, aiona nezvekutakura kwenyanga dzenzou zvisiri pamutemo kubva kuUganda dzichiyambuka muganhu weMalaba dzichipinda muKenya. Mabhokisi gumi neshanu enyanga dzenzou akanyorwa semabheri ekofi akange atakurwa nemugwagwa murori kuenda kuchiteshi cheMombasa uko akaiswa muchikepe chaienda kuSingapore mushure mekubvumidzwa nechiteshi nevakuru veCustoms. Sezvo kutsvagwa kweLATF kwakaenderera mberi, Justus Wesonga naJumba Gaylord vakaunganidzwawo. Gaylord anoita seakaita basa guru pakuronga nyanga dzenzou kuti dzipfuure nemuCustoms uye macheki ekudzora chiteshi.

Muna 2015 chete, matani 32 enyanga dzenzou akabatwa kuSoutheast Asia achibva kuEast and West Africa. "Kusungwa uku kunoratidza kuti kubiwa kwacho kwakarongwa sei," akadaro Kraisak Choonhavan, Sachigaro weFreeland, sangano rinopikisa rekutengesa iro rakapa dzidziso yemabasa akarongwa neLATF. “Tinovimba kuti ongororo iyi ichaenderera mberi kuAsia kutsvaga vatengi vakuru vari kutsigira kuurayiwa kwenzou. Africa ikozvino yave pamberi peAsia mukupfuura kubvutwa uye kusunga zvine musoro matsotsi emhuka dzesango,” akawedzera. "Asi zvinonyaradza kuti vezvemitemo vemuAfrica vakabatsirikana zvikuru kubva kuSoutheast Asia mubatanidzwa wezvemitemo munyaya huru iyi."

Sean O'Regan, maneja weFreeland Law Enforcement weAfrica, akadaro. "Kuwanikwa kwepombi yepasi pevhu iyi yakashandiswa kuendesa nyanga dzakawanda kubva muAfrica kuenda kumisika mitema yekuAsia kunoratidza kuti kuchine tariro yenzou iri mungozi yekutsakatika."

Ebayi Bonaventure, Director weLATF, akapika kuenderera mberi nekuferefeta. “Tichaenderera mberi nekutsvaga munhu wese ane chekuita nematsotsi aya, kubva kuminda yekuvhima zvisiri pamutemo kusvika kune vanotenga. Hatisi kuzomira kudzamara kupondana nekutengesa vanhu kwamira,” vakadaro.

LATF yakaronga boka revanoongorora masangano akawanda emuAfrica kuti vaende kuSoutheast Asia kaviri mumwedzi 18 yapfuura kunosangana nevakuru vezvemitemo vekuAsia uye kuunganidza humbowo hunotsigira nyaya dzekutengesa nyanga dzenzou. Nhengo dzechikwata chevazhinji chekuongorora masangano anga achidzidziswa hunyanzvi hwekuferefeta naFreeland. Freeland, yakabatana neLATF, Interpol, neUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, vanga vachiunza vatongi vemitemo vemuAfrica neAsia pamwe chete kuti vachinjane ruzivo pamusoro penyaya dzekutengesa mhuka dzesango dzakaita seino.

Nguva: OJT Kenya / Uganda inosungwa

Kurume 2014: Singapore yakatora tani 1 yenyanga dzenzou dzichibva kuMombasa, Kenya. Container nhamba CMAU 1121948, inobva kuKampala, Uganda yakatumirwa neMalaba kuenda kuMombasa ndokubatwa muSingapore musi wa25 Kurume 2014 ine tani 1 yenyanga dzenzou dzakavigwa mumakireti gumi nemashanu emapuranga.

Kubvumbi 2014: Tsika dzeThai neVietnamese dzinotora kutakura matani akawanda enzou kubva kuCongo Brazzaville neCongo DRC.

Zvita 2015: Freeland inounza LATF nenhengo dzeboka rekuongorora masangano akawanda kuBangkok kuzosangana neASEAN-WEN, Thai Police, Customs, Vietnamese Customs, Singapore AVA. Ruzivo rwekubatwa kwenyanga dzenzou rwunochinjana panguva yeSpecial Investigation Group (SIG).

Ndira-Chikumi 2016: Kudzokera kuAfrica, vaongorori vanodzidziswa neFreeland kushandisa ruzivo rwavo rutsva uye kuongorora nekukanganisa macheni ekupa.

Chikunguru-Gunyana 2016 naNdira 2017: LATF yakaronga kuferefetwa kwepasirese nevakuru vemhuka dzesango, mapurisa nevakuru vecustodhi izvo zvinotungamira mukusungwa kwevanopomerwa 8, zvizvarwa zveCongo muKinshasa, Congo DR nePointe Noire, Congo Brazzaville ane mhosva yekubira 3.9. matani enyanga dzenzou kuenda kuThailand muna 2015 uye Vietnam muna 2014.

1.      VaKAPAYI KIKUMBI JEAN- Nyanzvi Yezvekurima Nekuongorora Zvigadzirwa kubva kubazi rezvekurima muKinshasa, DRC.

2.      Va ONAKOY OLEKO- Senior Inspector kuCongolese Bureau of Standards and Certifications Ministry of Trade and industrialization in Kinshasa, DRC

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6.      VaNgoula Gildas – Finance and Human Resource/Acting Manager kuPointe Noire

7.      VaKambala Mukenge – Gwaro neMarekodhi Senior Manager kuOCC (Hofisi yeCustoms

Control Exports) DRC muKinshasa.

8.      VaLaurent Emery Kabugah – Maneja weACREP Shipping Company muKinshasa, DRC.

Kubatsirana kweKubatsira Kwemutemo Matanho akatangwa pakati penyika dzakakanganisika kufambisa kuunganidzwa kwehumbowo hwakakosha kubva kune zviremera muThailand neVietnam vakaita zvekubvuta vachitsigira kupomerwa.

Gumiguru-Zvita 2016: LATF nenyika dzenhengo dzayo (kusanganisira Kenya neUganda) vanopindazve kudzidziswa neFreeland, vachiongorora zvakabuda mukuferefeta uye kuongorora matanho anotevera ekupwanya chasara chekutengesa mhuka dzesango pakati peEast neWest Africa.

Kukadzi 2017: LATF inobatana zvakare nevamiriri vemutemo vekuAsia muBangkok kuti iite kudzidzisa pamwe nekutsinhana ruzivo pamusoro pekuvhiringidza kuyerera kusiri pamutemo kwenyanga dzenzou, zvikero zvepangolin nenyanga dzezvipembere kubva kuAfrica kuenda kuAsia.

Kurume 2017: MuAfrica, Freeland inopa imwe dzidziso yakakosha kuKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville) neZambia pamusoro pekuteya mambure ese.

Kubvumbi-Chivabvu 2017: MuUganda neKenya, LATF nenhengo dzayo vanozivisa uye kusunga nhengo nomwe dzekutengesa zvisiri pamutemo zvakasungirirwa kuKurume 7 Singapore kutora nyanga dzenzou uye zvimwe zvimwe zvakatumirwa.

June 2017: 2 vanofungidzirwa kusanganisira kingpin, Gakou Fodie akabatwa kuMalaba, Kenya neboka rakabatana rakarongedzwa neLATF. Gakou Fodie anodzoserwa kuTanzania uko achanotongwa.

Zvimwe zvakawanda:

MuMombasa musi wa24 Kubvumbi 17 LATF yakatungamira uye Freeland yakadzidzisa Kenya SIG inosanganisira  vakuru vemitemo kubva kumasangano anotevera:

·       Directorate of Criminal Investigations reNational Police Service

·        Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF)

·         Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

·         Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)

Musi wa24 Kubvumbi 2017 SIG yakasungwa muMombasa:

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2.      JAMES ORECH – mugari weKenya, PATANA Clearing & Forwarding agent and broker

3.      SILAS NDOLO KIMEU – Middle man Clearing Agent yapihwa nePATANA

Mafoni ese akabatwa ndokuongororwa. Vese 3 vanofungidzirwa kuti vakamira mudare kuShanzu, Mombasa musi waApril 25, 2017. Cash bail of Ksh2Million each plus surty of the same.

Musi waMay 5, 2017 SIG yakasungwa kuMalaba, kuyambuka muganhu weUganda neKenya:

JUMBAH AMAHENO GAYLORD - akafambisa nekutarisa mudziyo kubva kuMalaba kuenda kuchiteshi cheMombasa. GAYLORD akaronga bhokisi racho kuti “ripfuure” muKenya Customs scanning system kusvika pakurodha mungarava yaienda kuSingapore. Nharembozha yakabatwa uye kuti iongororwe. Humbowo hunoratidza kuti akatumira mari katatu muvhiki imwe inokwana Ksh3 kuna Gaylord. Akasungwa ndokuendeswa kuMombasa achiperekedzwa nemapurisa kuti amiswe mudare muna Chivabvu 1, 300000.

Musi waMay 27, 2017 kuMalaba:

JUSTUS WESONGA uyo aifambisa uye akaronga nyanga dzenzou mumagaba muKampala, Uganda, kusanganisira kufamba kwayo kusvika kumuganhu weMalaba, akasungwa musi wa27 Chivabvu 2017 kuMalaba. Mumwe akasungwa kuMalaba pazuva rimwe chetero ndiJustus Ogema Owade. Vaviri ava vakaendeswa kuMombasa uko vakavharirwa muzvitokisi zvemapurisa. Mushure mekubvunzurudzwa, Ogema akaregedzwa nekuda kwekushaikwa kweumboo hwakakwana mushure mekunyora chirevo, Wesonga akaendeswa kudare musi wa29 Chivabvu 2017. Zvisinei, Owade achashandiswa semufakazi wechuchisi.

 

Freeland isangano repamberi rekutengesa-kutengesa rinoshandira nyika isina kutengeswa kwemhuka dzesango uye uranda hwevanhu. Chikwata chedu chezvemitemo, budiriro uye nyanzvi dzekufambiswa kwemashoko vanoshanda pamwe chete nevanodyidzana navo muAsia, Africa neAmerica kuchengetedza zvakatipoteredza uye vanhu vanotambura kubva kuhutsotsi hwakarongeka nehuwori. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo, shanya www.freeland.org

usaka Agreement Task Force isangano remuAfrica riri pakati pehurumende rinofambisa mabasa emubatanidzwa mukati/pakati peNyika dzeBato kuChibvumirano cheLusaka, mukuita ongororo pamusoro pekutyorwa kwemitemo yenyika ine chekuita nekutengeserana zvisiri pamutemo kwemhuka nemaruva. www.lusakaagreement.org

 

ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:

  • In a landmark operation, a cross-border African task force has arrested 7 key players that smuggled 1 ton of elephant tusks from Uganda to Singapore via Kenya in one instance alone, and who are part of a syndicate responsible for the ongoing decimation of Africa's elephants for the ivory trade, as well as other endangered species whose body parts are still being smuggled in large quantities to Asia's black markets.
  • During the operation, which focused on ivory trafficking, another wildlife trafficking kingpin who is on the Interpol wanted “Red Notice” list was discovered in the mix and turned in for prosecution in Tanzania for his role in trafficking the remains of thousands of endangered animals to Southeast Asia.
  • The Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) announced today that they have just concluded coordinating an intensive six-week operation resulting in multiple arrests, including a senior Kenyan Customs official, several shipping agents, and high-level traffickers for their role in smuggling the illegal consignment to Singapore in March 2014.

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Juergen T Steinmetz

Juergen Thomas Steinmetz akaramba achishanda muindasitiri yekufambisa uye yekushanya kubva achiri mudiki kuGerman (1977).
Iye akatanga eTurboNews muna 1999 sebhuku rekutanga repamhepo pamhepo yepasirese yekushanya indasitiri yekushanya.

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