Since 2021, the Wildlife justice Commission has been working in close partnership with the Nigeria Customs Services, providing intelligence analysis, investigative support, and evidentiary assistance. As of April 2025, the partnership has facilitated 18 joint operations, leading to 42 arrests, the seizure of more than 25 tonnes of pangolin scales (95% of all pangolin scale seizures in Nigeria over this period) and over one tonne of ivory, and 12 successful convictions. In April 2025, for example, authorities targeted a high-volume supply chain network based in Lagos – specifically the Jakande Market, where a suspected key broker was apprehended along with over one tonne of pangolin scales.  Follow-up intelligence led officers to a warehouse in Efiran, where the alleged network leader, a second suspected broker, and two employees were arrested, and a further 2.762 tonnes of scales were recovered. These successes demonstrate the importance of public-private partnerships, and provide a potential model of best practice for other jurisdictions to replicate.