Uganda Loses Shs77bn Annually to Illegal Wildlife Trade

 

(Posted 05th July 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Alan Mwsigwa, Nile Post (Uganda), July 03, 2025
Uganda continues to lose an estimated $20 million (about Shs77 billion) every year due to illegal wildlife trade and trafficking, despite multiple government interventions. Shockingly, officials say the vice is being perpetuated by some of the very people entrusted with fighting it—law enforcement officers and other government employees. The revelation was made on Thursday evening by Chemonges Mongea Sabilla, Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs.
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