ibrahima traore had been caught.cussing a deal that would have earned him tens of thousands of dollars. next, he was under arrest. the police then focused on his family's house. they weren't taking any chances. everyone was ordered to the ground. and a search led them to a small room, where they found a crate holding a chimpanzee. they speak french. so the police have just made all of these arrests. it's pretty edgy, the atmosphere here, and it's all about this, a baby chimpanzee taken from thejungle. the real tragedy of this trade is to get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed. that's as many as ten adults slaughtered just to get one chimp here ready for trade. we'd been advised not to touch the chimp until a vet had checked him. so for a few agonising moments, he was all alone. the police then made a major discovery that this house was a key centre for chimpanzee trafficking. for years, when investigators have been looking for cues about smuggled chimpanzees, th

our research led us to an animal trader called ibrahima traore.ealed a boastful personality. it turned out that he had been supplying the egyptians we had been talking to. in a video he sent us, he shows a crate, specially designed for wildlife smuggling. animals that are allowed to be exported act as a cover for a chimpanzee hidden inside. ibrahima claimed that he could also get us a cites export permit. we were pretending to be an indonesian pet trader called alex. the dealer, ibrahima, said he was based in guinea but would meet us in abidjan. he sent us pictures showing that he had chimpanzees. filmed secretly, he told our undercover colleague how he could provide us with chimps. we told him we needed a cites permit first, he quickly got us one which was stamped national parks of liberia. ibrahima then told us what baby chimpanzees would cost and he showed us videos to prove that he could deliver. ibrahima handed over the cites permit that he had obtained for us. he made this look almost routine. this is where the meeting took place and where t