A timeline of joint operations, seizures and prosecutions across Uganda.
In November 2024, Chinese nationals were convicted in Kampala for trafficking pangolins and fined UGX 55 million and UGX 26 million respectively.
Two foreign nationals convicted and fined UGX 55 million and UGX 26 million respectively.
A December 2021 joint operation intercepted a consignment of 740 kilograms of pangolin scales and 58 kilograms of elephant ivory destined for export — among the largest combined seizures recorded by the Task Force.
Suspects arrested and prosecuted; the consignment was secured as exhibits.
Joint operations in Oyam and Nwoya districts recovered pangolin scales together with twelve firearms used by poaching networks operating around the Murchison Falls landscape.
Suspects arrested and charged; the recovered firearms were taken out of circulation, disrupting armed poaching around Murchison Falls.
From a 1.3-tonne seizure in Najjanakumbi to worked ivory intercepted at Entebbe, coordinated multi-agency action is squeezing the ivory supply chain through Uganda.
Alarmed by the degradation of one of Uganda’s most important biodiversity and carbon reservoirs, the Task Force has made restoring Bugoma Central Forest Reserve a national priority.
