Strengthening legal frameworks for law enforcement in Africa
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Extra
VALUE £960,889
WHERE Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi
Summary
PAMS, partner Tikki Hywood Foundation and stakeholder Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, propose to support strengthening law enforcement (LE) cooperation in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Malawi to secure effective wildlife criminal prosecutions. The Team, locally based in each country, will conduct shared best practices for investigators and the judiciary through interagency training, the most effective solution in securing deterrent sentences for wildlife traffickers. Collaboration between LE officers through a joint workshop will further enable much needed regional LE cooperation for transnational wildlife cases.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
