KWS officers seized elephant tusks and leopard and python skins during a wildlife trafficking operation in Lokichar, Turkana County, on January 28, 2026. [Bakari Ang'ela, Standard]
In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife traffickers for national police to investigate.