A Kenyan fugitive wanted for wildlife and drug trafficking has been extradited to the United States to face charges.
Abdi Hussein Ahmed, alias Abu Khadi, was banished on Saturday night following orders issued by Magistrate Roseline Aganyo of Milimani law courts on August 31st.
Ahmed is wanted in the US after he was charged in an indictment alongside Moazu Kromah, Amara Cherif, and Mansur Mohamed Surur for participating in a conspiracy to traffic in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, both protected wildlife species, valued at more than $7 million. This involved the illegal poaching of more than 35 rhinoceros and more than 100 elephants.
Their indictment followed a joint investigation by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) where a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York charged Ahmed and his co-conspirators with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
Ahmed was arrested by DCI detectives on August 3rd in an early morning raid in Maua, Meru County, where he was staying in a rented room.
His arrest followed the arrest of his accomplice Badru Abdul Aziz Saleh, alias “Badro” on May 31st, a week after a reward of $ 1Million was announced by the U.S. Department of State for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the two for participating in transnational organized crime.
Kromah (49) Cherif (54) Surur (59), and Ahmed (56) were members of a transnational criminal enterprise based in Uganda and surrounding countries that was engaged in the large-scale trafficking and smuggling of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, according to an indictment in a case handled by US District Judge Gregory H. Woods.
From December 2012 through May 2019, Ahmed and his co-conspirators conspired to transport, distribute, sell and smuggle at least approximately 190 kilograms of rhinoceros horns and at least 10 tons of elephant ivory from various countries in East Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Mozambique, Senegal and Tanzania, to buyers located in the US and countries in Southeast Asia.
Mmmmh. Greed! So now 35…
Mmmmh. Greed! So now 35 rhinocerous and 100 elephants benefited you, your families and accomplices. So now you thought you will use your illegal loot to bribe your way through. Let me orientate to your people how things work out here. No doubt you are serving time. But serving time is not the problem. The problem is: mjitayarishe kuwa mashoga, mpende msipende. La haula mtawa wake za wenda wazimu mle korokoroni. Na ushoga gerezani Marekani ni wa kulazimishwa. Mtawapata wanaume wanaovaa herini na makorokoro masikioni na mapuani, kama senge zivalishwavyo Kenya. Na kulingana na umri wenu ulivyo, hamtoki mle ndani mtakapoingizwa. Waambie uliowaacha nyuma kwamba, Marekani inapoeleza macho yake kwako, kuponyoka huwa hadithi za elfu lela ulela. Mtabakwa na kunajisiwa na sampuli ya binadamu wenye unyama uliokidhiri mila na desturi za Kiafrika.
Small fish in the ocean…
Small fish in the ocean.
What happened to the kingpins?
Wasn’t that why Saitoti died?
Eradicating drug needs to start from the top. CUT THE SNAKES HEAD.
Africans need to quit this…
Africans need to quit this BS. Prosecute and lock this punk up at kamiti, why do we have to rely on foreigners for justice? Their citizens come here, abuse Kids and are locked up at home. WTH