Tanzania, Feb. 19 -- Bagamoyo. Innovative technology and an adequate approach from various stakeholders are required to combat illegal forest and wildlife trade crimes.

Joint efforts are also important to trace the illegal transportation of resources and save endangered species from extinction in ecosystems.

Tanzania Forests Services Agency (TFS) conservation officer Reuben Magandi said recently a container in transit from the DR Congo to China was seized by customs at Dar es Salaam port.

The container was found with more than 300 logs of rose wood declared as copper cathodes.

In 2022, 27 containers of logs were detained at Dar es Salaam.

They were being transported without legal documents from Zambia.

Similarly, in October 2022, th...