The former director-general of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN), Cosma Wilungula, and two other officials have been placed on the US Sanctions list for their involvement in corruption and wildlife trafficking. They are banned from entering the United States. The State Department stated that they abused their official positions to traffic protected wildlife to China in exchange for bribes. Wilungula was suspended from his post in August 2021 for mismanagement. The US sanctions aim to disrupt the wildlife trade and promote accountability. The entry ban has also been extended to the wives of two of the officials.

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