From Cameroun, CEOAFRICA.com gathered that a court in Yokadouma, southeastern part of the country, has handed down verdicts against twin brothers accused of killing more than 100 elephants in Central Africa.

Symphorien Sangha, one of the twins, was found guilty of killing elephants and wounding a forest ranger, while a verdict in a separate case against his brother, Rene Sangha, is expected to be handed down on Friday.

It was gathered from sources that the two men were alleged to have killed more than 100 elephants in the region dating back to 2006. They face sentences of up to three years, and Symphorien Sangha faces additional 10 years for assaulting the forest ranger.

Both men have previously been arrested multiple times but this appears to be the first time they will be successfully prosecuted.
 
According to findings from World Wide Fund for Nature, both men sometimes ciollaborate in their poaching activities.

Alain Ononino, head of WWF’s law enforcement program in Cameroon, said that while Rene Sangha worked as a forest ranger in the Central African Republic, he is believed to have provided information that helped his brother evade the authorities.
 
He said when this kind of prosecution takes place; it would help to reduce series of poaching activities. 

“Poachers will be deterred, and this is going to reduce the threat and the pressure on wildlife species, especially elephants,” he said.
 
WWF said these cases are an example of how regional governments are increasingly working together to crack down on poaching. 

The two brothers operated in the Sangha Trinational site in the Congo Basin, which includes land from Cameroon, Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.