Abbas Allawi, 52, of Watford, Hertfordshire was sentenced to 14 months in prison, for offences relating to the illegal keeping and selling of parts of endangered species. On Monday, 19 October 2016, a search warrant was executed at Allawi’s home address in Hertfordshire, by officers from the Met’s Wildlife Crime Unit, the Dog Unit and supporting […]

A man currently serving a jail sentence for offering to sell parts of endangered species has been ordered to pay back £100,642 within six months or face another three-year jail sentence. Allawi Abbas, 53, (02/02/1965) of Gisburne Way, Hertfordshire, was sentenced to 14 months in jail in November for keeping/offering for sale rhinoceros horns, elephant […]

UK Border Force officers sort through seized ivory items. A month-long crackdown during May 2018, codenamed ‘Operation Thunderstorm’, tackled the illegal trade in flora and fauna, involved 92 countries and was a concerted strike against wildlife traffickers and their £17billion-a-year illicit enterprises. Around the world suspects were arrested and seizures of animals, ivory and bushmeat were […]

41 year old Ngie Chung-Law of India House, Derby appeared at Derby Magistrates Court on 19th March 2018 charged with a total of 15 offences relating to the illegal trade and export of elephant ivory.   The case is the result of a joint investigation involving the National Wildlife Crime Unit, Derbyshire Police and UK Border […]