Introducing the Last Great Ape Organisation (LAGA)
Category: LAGA | Date: Jul 08 2008 | By: bornfree
Hi, I am Cynthia Akwen, the Development Office Assistant for the Last Great Ape Organisation (LAGA). We are a small organisation (less than 15 people) based in Yaounde, Cameroon, and we were set up in 2001 by Israeli aventurer and conservationist Ofir Drori who is still our director. Ofir’s goal was to control the rampant illegal trade in wildlife that plagues Cameroon and most of Central Africa. LAGA is the only wildlife law enforcement NGO in Africa and since we started we have helped to bring about more than 200 prosecutions under national wildlife law – before we started there had not been a single one!
Our work includes investigations to identify dealers and set up fake ‘deals’, assisting government operations to catch the crooks red-handed, providing legal advice and support throughout the prosecution process and publicising this crack-down on wildlife crime through all national media. Ofir and myself are looking forward to bringing you the latest news on our achievements in all these areas over the weeks and months that follow. We have had some amazing successes in the past, often in the face of persoanl threats and intense corruption, and we plan to have more…
Tags: Cameroon, illegal trade, LAGA, Last Great Ape Organisation
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3 Responses to “Introducing the Last Great Ape Organisation (LAGA)”
sheryl, washington dc, on 08 Jul 2008
Welcome! very glad to have you here on Wildlife Direct. Tell me, are you beginning to work on wildlife crimes and the Internet? Because that’s the new, happenin’ place for sales of illegal wildlife and wildlife parts. I’m very interested to learn more about your work.
s.
TheTeach, Seattle, on 09 Jul 2008
Glad to hear of your work! Conserving wildlife habitats is one important factor, but clearly, if we are serious about saving species we have to go after the “bad guys” who clean out the forests of everything that lives and breathes. Every illegal trader or network you shut down is hope for a living, breathing critter somewhere in the field. I wish you well in your investigations. Draw the fiends out and shut them down! Best Wishes
bornfree, on 11 Jul 2008
Hi Sheryl,
LAGA undertakes all sorts of different campaigns, including internet scammers. If you visit LAGA’s website as below, you will find further information on their campaigns including some with regards to Internet trade.
http://www.laga-enforcement.org/MonthlyAction/MonthlyAction2008/tabid/106/Default.aspx
Thank you for your comments!
Andrina
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