Lornoy David

teenagerMaleb. 20040.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Lornoy David is a 19-year-old Belgian teenager arrested in Kenya for wildlife piracy after being found with 5,000 smuggled ants, claiming he was collecting them for fun and unaware of the legal implications.

Power0

Reach0

Collect

Not in the pool (under ¢1).

Recent news mentions

Lornoy David is one of the foreigners fined for smuggling ant queens.

Sh1 million fine or one year in jail for ant smugglers

The Standard·

Kenya· 2025-05-07

5.0

Also mentioned

David, an ant enthusiast with 10 colonies of ants at home in Belgium, belongs to a Facebook group called 'Ant Gang'.

Kenyan court sentences ant smugglers to $7,700 fine or one-year in prison

BBC·

United Kingdom· 2025-05-07

5.0

Also mentioned

Lornoy David admitted to smuggling at least 5,000 ant queens.

Smugglers making money from praying mantises, report reveals

The Standard·

Kenya· 2025-04-24

3.0

Also mentioned

Lornoy David is one of the Belgian teenagers charged with wildlife piracy for smuggling ants in Kenya.

Teens arrested in Kenya over smuggling of ants

Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999·

Taiwan· 2025-04-17

5.0

Also mentioned

Lornoy David was one of the Belgian teenagers charged with wildlife piracy after being found with thousands of smuggled ants.

Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends

CNN·

United States· 2025-04-16

5.0

Also mentioned