Wildlife crime officers from Lancashire Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit have executed search warrants issued under the provisions of the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations, at two addresses in the Burnley area (17/01/2018). Officers seized a wide range of specimens including Rhino heads and horns, Elephant tusks, Sperm whale teeth and […]

Officers from Avon and Somerset Police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit investigating the illegal trade in endangered species have executed a search warrant in the Yate area (19/12/2017).  The warrant related to the trade in taxidermy specimens of protected species.  A 41 years old man has been interviewed and later released.  A file is […]

A man has been jailed for attempting to sell elephant tusks and rhino horns. Abbas Allawi, 52, (02/02/1965) of Gisburne Way, Hertfordshire was sentenced at Harrow Crown Court on Thursday, 9 November to 14 months’ imprisonment for offences relating to the illegal purchase, keeping for sale and selling parts of endangered species. On Monday, 19 […]

On Friday, 1 September, Peter Bailey, 65 (03.04.52) of Chale Road, Lambeth was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of six offences as follows: – four counts of keeping Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species items for sale (endangered primate skulls, leopard skulls and bear skulls); – one count of offering Convention on […]

Following a joint operation by Derbyshire police, the National Wildlife Crime Unit and Border Force, a 30-year-old man has been reported for offences relating to the prohibited sale and export of elephant ivory.  In October last year, officers from Border Force stopped and searched a number of packages containing carvings made from elephant ivory.  The […]