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 June 2024 operation in Kasese rescued 31 colobus monkeys and seven Gaboon vipers from traffickers, who were each fined UGX 21 million on conviction.
Traffickers convicted and fined UGX 21 million each; the animals were taken into care.
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.
